THe only way you should not get the deposit is if the tenants leave before you take ownership.

I know that they will come and do an inspection to determine the maximum rent.

There is no hard and fast rule to determine whether you are a dealer or whether you are just an investor, however, if your primary source of income is from flipping a bunch of houses every year, you will probably get called a dealer.

There are some discussions about the technicalities of contract law and ownership with double closings, but hundreds of them happen every day so I wouldn't worry about it much.

Where I'm confused is whether I should use view those two pieces separately (one company for voicemail/toll-free phone service and independently determine if I need an answering service).

Do your own math to determine cost per sqr and check with your subs during a few jobs.http://www.building-cost.net/

It is not hard; just part of responsible pet ownership.

At this time I'm just kind of gathering info trying to determine the best plan of attack, its crazy out here right now prices keep dropping, I would'nt even think of investing out here right now no end in sight, so just trying to determine if something out of state is in option or just be patient and raise funds.The painting biz is pretty good right now, for me at least, but just about everyone else is getting killed, lots of contractors with no work, some for months now, to bad a lot of good guys.

Hello,I was just thinking about how my auto insurance premium is figured using my credit score as a determining factor.Does anyone know if you can do this on rents?

In my experience the ARV is determined by an appraiser, not your estimate.To estimate the total cash you need to buy, rehab, and sell a property, start with the buy and rehab costs.