Most high-volume agents will do anything to get away from the signing/scanning to save valuable time, but not that relevant for your immediate situation.Also, if there turns out to be several initialed revisions through a counter-offer process, it's good practice to create a "clean" final version of the contract at the end of the negotiation and have all parties sign.

That is practicing real estate without a license; which is illegal.In addition, you should not be showing the home to prospective purchasers. 

The central focus of the article is how the 20 year job with a retirement plan and a pension is practically gone, and the gig economy is now taking over the market place.

Afterall, it's a common practice when one is in interviewing various contractors to ask for references inquiring about their work, reliability & integrity.

If they signed it, you are on fairly solid ground in getting them to pay for it though you should check with the new PM if there was any discussion regarding this issue.Having said that, you also need to look at the local practices.

I think the next step, honestly, is to practice doing property analysis -- start working through the numbers of which properties will 'work', and which will not. 

Haven't applied these two in practice within the real world yet and I feel that flipping may be the key..

For BP Nation reading this and wondering about the $1,000 fee, realize that Per 765 ILCS 940/5(4) an attorney licensed in Illinois engaged in the practice of law is not a "Distressed property consultant".

I would guess so, since there is added value in the privacy but maybe that is not the case in practice.

In practice though, its got to be a collectible amount otherwise what good does it do.