Does anyone have recommendation of any good inspection companies around Charlotte, NC?

I'm a private money lender and a buy and hold investor, and in my opinion, no lender will ask for an upfront fee other than possibly asking you to pay for an appraisal or BPO directly to the valuation company.

These are usually the same guys who are working on painting crews for the professional paint companies... 

We work with a few DST companies.

I talked to contractors and construction management companies and learned more about renovation in the last 2 years than I ever have, talked to multiple lenders - a few did some shady moves trying to charge me fees that are illegal (reported her to her supervisor). 

If I decide to hand it over to other companies for management, I'm concerned about losing at least 8% of the profits.

However,  is it normal practice to hire a title company or purchase title insurance as a part of closing on a land purchase?

At the end of the day a title company/RE Attorney could help sort this out for you.

They might be concerned about.The only time we run into this is if we take a property over in our property management company and we did not have photos before.

Again, I would contact other title companies