You can have them provide you with it as a means of identifying who they really are prior to showing them a unit.  

2. is it possible to find out tenant's portion of the rent prior to the lease signing date?

"Reasonable notice" for the purpose of repair is notice given at least 12 hours prior to the entry, and “reasonable time” for the purpose of repair is between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Money talks.Imagine if your policy was to wait and show it to the other applicant on Saturday.

California as policies regarding paint and carpet length of time.

The tenant has no disability and the animal is not related to helping them in other than a law enforcement capacity (chew up the bad guys):) This is a very good tenant, however, my insurance policy states "no dogs".

They will also do an ACV policy for about $100 a year less.We are purchasing the property with an LLC, using our own assets / credit as a personal guarantee (there's just no other way).

If you fail to close you will lose your deposit (earnest money).In future make sure that your "C: Buyer has deposited money into escrow account prior to signing agreement (proof of funds) or shortly thereafter.Good Luck And Thanks for your service!!

So I don't know if this is the issue, or if it's a policy issue or something else.

My husband and I are buying our second duplex (first was house-hack style) and we are having a hard time finding a good home insurance agent.Our current agent tells us that we cannot receive a HO policy until we have a signed lease with a tenant.