Amazon, Alibaba, Google, FB and Microsoft are all invading Seattle area over next 4-6 years which means $.  

I am looking at working with Microsoft one note or Evernote.Comments appreciated.

(such as Buildertrend, Microsoft Project, or one of the many others)  Are they willing to learn? 

I just use a template from Microsoft Publisher and edit my info, print it, stamp it, and send it.

The good news is with the launch of the new Surface 4, Surface Book, and new Lumia's I think Microsoft has some real winners and will catch the attention of more developers soon.

Hi,I'm Nick a software engineer at Microsoft in the Bellevue/Seattle Area and this is my first post on BP! 

This isn't a guideline, it's just the reality due to the ubiquitous "Microsoft Word Equivalent" loan origination software that everyone uses.For bullet point #2, I haven't come up against this type of scenario as a live transaction in over a year, there might have been some software patches that I'm unaware of.

Another one could be large international companies with long track records, like Microsoft or Boeing?

Internal Rate of Return:  The Microsoft Excel XIRR function returns the internal rate of return for a series of cash flows that may not be periodic. ... just feed it dates and cashflows (positive or negative). 

For eg. to use Excel you need two things, Microsoft Office and an Excel file where you customize and enter your data.