If you're wanting to have more personalized service and be able to speak with your PM all hours of the day, a smaller boutique company will probably be your best bet.

And those choices have to a large degree been made based on your thoughts and beliefs and habits.

I'll bet he made an unsolicited sale or two this way, like on his Monte Carlo SS.

I have a funny habit of buying houses that way when I can. ;-)

for small stuff like doorknobs though the habitat RE store is usually the best bet...but for other stuff the commercial desk is great..

When you look on the open market, I will bet that you can buy a completed home that is in move-in condition for $70,000.Of course these numbers are all picked out of the air, and I had no idea what your market is like, but as an investor that has rehabbed countless fire damaged properties, it is no picnic.

I'd bet these lenders have much bigger fish to fry than going after a paying customer.

Bet you will find some discrepancies.  

Many large assets close to Orlando are being sold at 3-5 CAPs and the buyers are betting on being able to increase the rents. 

You bet but get a good base first.