Typically there is pre-printed contracts and addendums used and then an attorney handles the closing with title only doing the title search.Attorneys are used in more complex transactions however that require a bunch of custom language.

Your buying at a discount for taking them all, and you can explain that your deal must consider property management and the assumption of risks of a landlord.

build an excel model to show what your returns are with different assumptions.

The person I deal with is very nice, but she says the underwriters just don't feel timely customer service is in their job description.

Ideally we find a template, and then I can customize it.

A great many assumptions are being made.That said, it does at first blush appear that he may have too many irons in the fire at one time, and since we have all seen this happen.

Other options, seller financing, go as long as you can, installment contracts, VA assumptions may still be around with a seller second and cash down. :)

Even though he was outside smoking when you pulled up and asked the last ten customers about the weather.

That usually would not be a consideration unless it exceeded 10% of the sale price and it appears you are at 15% of the sale price.I will say too that lenders will tend to protect a customer, they will usually see themselves as having more RE knowledge than a borrower, depending on who they are.

It seems that some landlords do not consider their Tenants like customers.