Quote from @Mike Grudzien: Two thoughts:1) stay in your STR for a day or two and you'll discover things it needs or that would be nice to add2) use several touch-points to communicate with Travelers/Guests.

I’ve often seen this happen where initial approval is given, but debt-to-income issues arise once they discover you’re purchasing another property.

The real estate landscape is always evolving, presenting new opportunities to discover.

They are billed as "a scientific approach to single-family rentals" and use "institutional grade property management," which usually means they are a tech company in real estate and likely either don't have the existing property management relationships in each area or you chose an area where they don't have enough units through Roofstock for the PM they chose to care.

Shortly after closing, I discovered that the roof above my unit (a common area under the HOA's responsibility) was severely damaged from a past storm.

The pref layer is a third party institutional player.  

You might be able to afford a "better" property then.If you invest somewhere else in a vacation rental for example, you might also discover another place that you might like for retirement as well that might be more profitable.

As for the point before you're first-- yes most folks think it's institution driving up these prices.

This is what I discovered if this helps anyone out who Googles about them and ends up on this Bigger Pockets forum thread.On Reddit, there were several negative reviews like really bad ones of current clients who can't seem to exit from their services and who have spent and lost lots of money due to lag times, mistakes, etc. on the part of Anderson Advisors.

Walkthroughs are never detailed enough to be final (ie often tenants have lower disconnected and discover broken appliances later.)