Investor loans are notoriously underwriter-intensive, and so a good line of communication between your lender and the underwriter is important.* Ask them where the appraisers come from and how are they selected.

Since the returns are fairly similar, at least in the short term, then one idea is to simply alternate.

Elizaveta, I will take a crack at it since no one has responded yet. 1) My first deal was a fairly in depth rehab which included foundation repairs, window replacements, garage roof replacement, electric work, plumbing work, floor refinishing, and a lot of the things we do to almost all our rehabs (new light fixtures, new outlet covers, new appliances, new doors, etc).

Biggest thing is communication.

My question, is this a fair price to pay?

. :)Sorry for any mistakes in my writing or any left out info, I'm fairly tired...

SAFE Act is "Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008".

Hope to communicate with you in the future.

I think the reason he tried to force me to sign the exclusive contract (he represents me) is to get the whole commission, which means he didn't communicate to the sellers that they can share the commission.

But need a fair amount of work.