I have offered to have the bank print out the relevant transactions on their letterhead and provide a notarized statement from me that I have been and will be making all payments but it seems like they just won't pick their head out of the sand.Frank Chin...that sounds ridiculous.  

Leads for what type of transaction? 

., organized or existing under the laws of a state or jurisdiction other than Virginia) may not transact business in Virginia until it obtains a certificate of authority or certificate of registration from the State Corporation Commission.

The one bullet point non-detailed summary of who is likely to end up on one of those financial, mortgage, and real estate type crimes - to include non-felonies.In terms of timing, I just pulled a random file up from a closed transaction in Oakland, and the database checks were run 5 days after I submitted the file as a matter of course with no particular rush request or anything, which tells me that if it was going to be an issue then this borrower would have known in time for their earnest money to be protected by the loan contingency, but after they've spent a grand on appraisal and inspection.When someone volunteers that they are concerned about mysterious government watch lists, we run that check at the preapproval stage.

Simple question will you need a real estate attorney to do an ASSIGNMENT of a lease option , example: you find motivated seller and sign a lease with option to purchase and then find a tenant buyer then simply assign your lease with option to buy to them and then youre out of the deal, is a real estate attorney even needed for this type of transaction ?

I am looking for an investor friendly Attorney who's well versed in dealing with wholesale transactions.

I believe the website only mentions litigation, but it's a husband and wife team (both attorneys) who have helped me on multiple transactions and contracts in and out of real estate.   

Once they even let me send a screen shot from my bank's online app to show a transaction I'd just made because there wasn't time to wait for the next statement to be cut.

Reverse 1031 Exchanges can eliminate quite a bit of risk in the 1031 Exchange transaction process.

Get transactional funding and you will be alright.