I bolded the phrase which seems to fit our end of the business, "Any entity created solely for the purpose of securitizing loans secured by an interest in real estate, provide the entity does not service the loans" which would be exempt.

(Sorry James, seemed like a set-up waiting for a punchline.)A serious answer is look at the public records for the owner and then pay a skip trace service to locate a phone number.

Landlord may withhold any such amounts from Tenant's security deposit."

And the local building official called it commercial.I think we can secure some rehab financing, but we'd like to do a long term commercial loan once we have it repaired and rented.

I'm retired Navy and I currently work for the Government, so stepping away from the security it provides will be scary.  

Is there any way to switch from treatment plans to public utilities?

What do you do to ensure that the tenant is responsible for security deposit disputes since that is the largest reason for owner lawsuitsHow familiar are you with the newly changed laws that can affect you the owner if they are not used correctly?. 

What do you do to ensure that the tenant is responsible for security deposit disputes since that is the largest reason for owner lawsuitsHow familiar are you with the newly changed laws that can affect you the owner if they are not used correctly?. 

I have laid out the fees as follows...New security deposit of 1250 (up from 1000 originally). 

If the investor owns a number of properties, look up the details through the public records.