Reputable lenders may ask for a small deposit toward third party costs (appraisal, environmental, etc.) after delivering a term sheet and/or commitment but not generally something so amorphous as an "insurance fee" - those kind of costs, if necessary to close the deal, can typically handled at closing.  

When we buy properties, it's always subject to the property being delivered vacant.

It seems like a good fit, so that's why I'm looking for people who've had experience with them to see if they can deliver.  

If you want to get that big you have to find a way to remove yourself as the bottleneck and have systems in place so that things run without you in the picture.The things that I find bogging us down, preventing us from doing the important things like finding money and deals, and that I plan to hire out are:-Day to day phone calls about Maintenance, Rent payments, Lease questions-Listing and showing properties-Drafting & signing leases-Generating and mailing/delivering 7 day notices-Entering bookkeeping into Buildium-Water billing-Occasional Bank Deposits-Occasional other errands like dropping off checks or materials to contractorsI think the first one will be the toughest, as I never know what will be on the other end of the phone line and many questions I get require discretion and careful handling.

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New construction is happening all over the suburbs and the builders can't deliver houses fast enough.

They will promise you everything and deliver very little.

A customer ordered it, had it delivered, didn't like it, so returned it.

There were so many people there from all corners of real estate and boy did they have some great information to deliver.

Question - I was thinking that since it's a month-to-month lease (and the state of CA requires I give 60 day notice to terminate a lease that's been in place over a year), I might just try and work something out with a 60 day notice -- and that if he leaves and the unit is in good shape when he delivers it back, he gets his deposit - plus an additional $300 or something like that.