If there is some kind of bug that allowed you to, I'd love to know about it so we can make a fix right away.Since you weren't able to send a PM, you could have sent a PM with your colleague request, which is actually an enhancement we've added since this thread started.As for your comment about it getting harder to help people here on BP, nothing has changed to alter how you communicate or connect in some time -- certainly nothing detrimental since the time of this thread's posting except the change to our relatively meaningless "influence" number.If you're having issues with the site's functionality, you're welcome to start a new thread about the issue or send me a PM.

Is a single family home valuation altered or adjusted if its operated as an STR? 

I use the blue ink so everyone in the future knows that there was nothing altered on the contract.

I know it depends on who I am marketing to in particular but I would like to see some sort of script or example that I can alter to fit my own use.

"The decline in owner occupant sales in Maricopa County over the past two years has altered the fabric of our neighborhoods," said Patricia Garcia Duarte, president of Neighborhood Housing Services of Phoenix and Chair of the Arizona Foreclosure Prevention Task Force.

Then when you get it back you can confirm that there have been no alterations before signing it yourself. 

I am settling on my first flip next week and am up in the air about the extent I should alter the kitchen.

Don't get sucked into swindling people if you have to alter numbers.

Were you really concerned and did this change/alter your financial planning?

I have also had Fair Housing training that emphasizes the importance of a consistent process for all applicants.To alter my policies for those without a SSN would be discriminatory, and illegal.