The electric company remounted the entrance cable, but told me I am responsible for repairing the damage to the feeds and meter bases. 

As far as automating as much as possible and treating the properties as a professional business, is using custom email address for each unit (like: 123StreetA at company dot com*) taking it too far?

i also run a property management company, looking to expand in to clifornia. 

Are there better companies to buy these homes from?

Let me look into this.Trying to see if it's worth holding on to it in case the housing market recovers.Reach out to a Title / Escrow company for information on Land contracts in TX. 

If the seller's insurance paid for a professional decomp company to clean up the aftermath then you should be okay.

Here are some tips to get you started:If you don't already have one, request a copy of your community's governing documents from your HOA board or management company.

As a private lender we don’t require borrowers to pay anything before closing other than the hazard insurance - and that they pay directly to their insurance broker or company.

I have capital and would love to learn more about gap lending, helping flippers and wholesalers, but i need help learning how to best structure those deals, make sure title companies account for it correctly, etc. 

Hey Milind, I'm a local broker, investor, and property manager (100+ STR/Airbnb properties in addition to LTR).We offer mortgages through our subsidiary company, wholesale to over 100 banks and institutions.