7) We've had many clients buy an occupied rental and hire us to manage it, but they never got: lease, rental ledger, tenant contact info, tenant ID and application info!

I’d also love to connect with local investors, builders, and property managers who know the market well.Looking forward to learning from this community and sharing my progress along the way!

Knowing the difference can help you stay compliant, avoid discrimination claims, and provide fair access to housing for all applicants and residents.What Is a Reasonable Accommodation?

Just by trying to educate yourself, you have made much more progress than your previous self.I do VA loans, so feel free to DM me if you have any specific questions, but I wish you well in your investing career!

Nationally I think there is a lot more fraud overall, not only rental applciations but loan applications, social engineering scam with emails etc.

All funds move through the title company, full transparency and communication with the lender about the project and progress along the way.  

Make sure you have all of the necessary information, proper documents, etc. applicable to that specific state.

I also think you did the right thing of not handing over the keys without seeing the money.One of the key step that we follow whenever an out of state applicant is interested in our units is that we ask them to pay $100 or $200 to hold the unit till they sign the lease.

The property has been vacant for two months with no applications despite lowering rent twice.

Lying on a mortgage application is a federal crime, as Letitia James Attorney General of New York, is finding out.