The question relates to the insurance my borrowers procure.

You signed an agency agreement with your agent, or should have, your agent isn't concerned about you "cutting him out", the place is listed, he showed you the place, he was the procuring cause of the sale and the seller will be paying the listing broker who will in turn pay the selling broker who will pay the selling agent his commission, so, you aren't likely cutting anyone out.You are represented, you are his customer/client, he has a fiduciary responsibility to you as well as to his broker!

For example, how much capital should someone procure before even considering investing into a project.

Small claims issue to small of money to involve any kind of lawyer other than a few sabre rattling letters. .. and your the one who is not performing.I have been on the other side of this back in my Timber days were I would secure a cutting contract only to have the land owner change their mind.We spent a lot of time and resources procuring our timber contracts.

Buyer2) Non-Exclusive Buyer Brokerage Agreement: Basically states that if I (Mr.Realtor) introduce you to the house you decide to buy ("procuring cause"), then I get paid when you buy it.Having said that below are the responses to your question based on my knowledge (not a legal response simply discussion purposes): Q1.

., instead of doing contractor work or even managing contractors.If I were spending time managing contractors, procuring materials, handling rehabs, etc., I could easily fill up 50-70 hours/week. 

Even if you chose to install the alarm yourself, make sure that she procures monitoring. 

i always build in $2K for loan procurement, weather i use it or not, it never costs me that much, and 4.5% at the commercial lender is pretty cheap money if you have researched other methods.  

I was looking for other sources of information to be able to procure high quality investment opportunities at a higher rate then what I am currently able to do.

We never had to use it.Ah yes, and with pets, put in your ads up front that they must be okay with dogs, cats, parrots, whatever you have.We had a couple of interesting applicants.