These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

Do you simply pay for annual treatments?  

I do it more for the treatments / inspections than faith in the actual bond.

Just something to consider when moving forward.As a side note we also found termites during our inspection and negotiated treatment.

My next job, because I really liked this guy's work-ethic and didn't want to lose him, I wrote his insurance company a check for $2000 to get him his insurance, and gave him the job (plus got him a couple other jobs with other investors I knew).

A perimeter termite treatment on an SFR in Georgia is going to run $400 to $1500 depending on size and complexity.

Regarding pest control, I will pay for the first treatment.

For your investment properties, do you pay for a new termite bond if it isn't already in place?  

I just received a quote from the termite company and it includes a $1,000+ one-time up front installation fee for some sort of device that prevents them on an ongoing basis, and then like a $200-ish per quarter charge on each property for ongoing treatment.~$200 per quarter per property sounds about right to me for termite control, but I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around a $7,000+ up front cost to install their system at all of them.

You will find most wholesalers with a mentor or "guru" education have an extremely high confidence, but are actually misinformed to what they can and can not do.3) Morals and ethics - Many of these wholesalers do not want the seller to know what they are doing.