Some banks won’t write certain types of properties or properties with certain deficiencies do don’t waste your time talking to all of them upfront. 

Questions should be addressed through the project manager (Asansa).In conclusion, in business when you run into trouble brainstorm with more experienced business owners to cut your learning curve and not waste time. 

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

If you choose to finish the space later, the paint doesn't need to be removed, so no harm.

I want to note that ethically, I do not feel comfortable collecting rent from her next of kin so the component of obligation of the estate is largely irrelevant.You are also apparently supposed to secure all of her belongings and note anything that is removed by family members that you allow to visit the property.  

Another way to look at PMI (instead of a waste of money as most think of it) is it increases your interest rate.

It's a waste of time.

I wasted the first 6-9 months of my investing career because I ignored this and just thought someone (a "rockstar" agent and pm lol) was just going to hand deliver me a deal.

8 windows total, he will take out old windows, remove old caulk, replace new windows and re-caulk I can use a caulk gun lol but I’ve never worked with windows Is this something that I could/should do as a DIY project?

@Ryan Williamson hard money or private money lenders don't like to waste time so It can be hard to get all the details up front.