Can this escrow account be a bank account that I open and then I call the title company and tell them I will be funding the account for a potential downpayment, or do I have to have the title company open the account?

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing substantial amounts of money into our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.

Since I'm not local, I would heavily rely on the property manager, and therefore having an great property manager is really important.Please send any recommendations for Property Management companies they've directly worked with my way.Also, is it common for Property managers to add a 10% markup on any invoice that goes through them?

@Rahul Gupta the absolute best way to use just about ANY vendor is to get a recommendation from another investor in your market that has already used that person/company. 

How about the company you work for and the companies you write for; any of them licensed or have any special laws or regulations they must follow?

A check was wired to the county at closing by the settlement company.

doulble closings while once popular and most every title company did them that is not the case. 

The real key is to use a title company that has done these.

Saint John has the most cyclical local economy of the three cities.Moncton has a little bit of everything: established insurance companies; retail supply hubs; universté, vibrant biotech and IT sectors, some government, etc.  

They wanted to join my company.