The process becomes easier with experience.

Initial screening process went very well, called his previous landlord and she said he was awesome, job said he was great, etc. 

My process for writing my lease was starting with Rocket Lawyer for a PA standard lease.

But screening depth is weak, income verification is surface-level, and there are zero operational guardrails once the lease is signed.Marketing fills units.Management protects assets.Where investors get into trouble is thinking Zillow replaces process.

They trusted me because they knew the vetting process was applied to everyone, so they could feel comfortable living with a few strangers. 100% told me that the pictures drew them.

The goal is to take the underwriting process that normally takes days of spreadsheets, comps research, and back-and-forth… and turn it into something you can do in about 10 minutes (basically a 100x speed improvement).Here’s how it works:Paste in a listing or address (or upload an OM)DealPilot pulls live, always-current market rent + sales compsRuns full underwriting math: NOI, cap rate, cash-on-cash, DSCR, breakeven occupancyFlags key risks (tax reassessment, insurance exposure, deferred maintenance signals, etc.)Generates a professional investment memo + client-ready PDF that looks like it came from an institutional shopThe big idea is: instead of spending half your weekend underwriting deals that don’t pencil, you can instantly know:Does this deal actually work?

However then I have to start the whole process over again. and see if the new lender would waive the same fees.

Hi all – I wanted to pass on a write up I did with some thoughts on using agent vs. going it alone when buying a home in the Bay Area after having just gone through the process last year.

Once you place a few tenants and build confidence in the process, finding renters becomes much less intimidating.

They do require a minimum credit score, but do not ask for proof of income, as they underwrite strictly on asset performance (Very Helpful, as I did not have W2 income and had not completed first year tax return for my new business).Over all, I have to say the process was very transparent and simple.