As an agent, if someone submits an offer on my listing, I will advise a client not to accept long "inspection" periods.

My day job is as a certified mold investigator. 75% of my clients are sick in some way as a result of mold exposure. 

I wouldn't want my client bringing in subs I had no experience with on a job. 

She should ask them for recommendations from past clients.

I wont write an offer for a client without a preapproval.  

He does a great job for our clients. 

Those three close all of my personal, investment, and client deals.I've had bad luck with Stewart title and they are always terribly rude.

@Alexandra Gortchilova  one thing you may consider is to hook up with a premier hard money lender in your market.. he or she will have a stable of mostly successful flippers already as clients.. then you just shadow the broker putting you into the deals. the broker will share or should share the due diligence with you.. you can drive by look at the property to decide if you want to fund it.. you can go there and watch it being done.. poke around ask questions..

For most people $15K is not much to work with, but I had a client who started Checkbook IRA with just under $3K for his wife and was investing in tax liens (your investment strategy and your investment goals and plans would dictate if it makes sense for you). 

Would you happen to have a "cheat sheet" of sorts, so I could use that, and maybe pass it along to a client of mine?