I check to see how the dogs behave with people, ideally also with children, with dogs, and with cats.  

I check the SEC, FINRA, ratings websites for inside information on the principals in the company.

Someone in the build chain knows the guy who writes the checks.

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Everyone in here seems to keep asking for someone that has done it, here is a video of someone that did get the check!

I'd say just start your search with all 2-4 unit properties, and when you find one where the numbers make sense and it checks your other boxes (somewhere you actually want to live and house hack), then it probably makes sense. 

You don't jump out of the plane without checking your parachute.

They usually spend one day going through the property checking everything for a couple of hours and move forward.

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Which is also one of the 3 fundamental needs of a business most often (customers, product/service, place of operation).