I eliminated the big outfits like Bordner, that's not my cuppa, and it's amazing how just listening to them talk reveals their personality. 

@Carl Fischer - you did reveal it too soon, but I forgive you  :)

You can also find clues on the Web through Google:Googling the name of the neighborhood/municipality turns up at least one shooting during a parking dispute in the last six months.Google turns up three shootings or more per year at the local playground.Google reveals at least one shooting funeral in the last year at a house church in the neighborhood across from a wing joint that does an all-you-can-eat Friday nights.Google the name reveals any social activist or reverend quoted as saying in reference to any police-related incident in the area the phrase "No justice, no peace."

Two companies came in similar while the third was almost double the other two.I was curious what things should and should not be said or revealed to contractors before they give you their bid.

Well, he’s going to reveal the properties at some point, so it’s not His honesty and integrity that may be revealed. 

@Julian Javier LopezI like the thread that you are started.Few Lenders will reveal how you can negotiate and structure a better deal with them.

What I find frustrating isn’t so much when it’s actually based off a seller’s numbers and took some work to reveal.

My cap expense spreadsheet revealed to me that the 50% rule is too aggressive in lower rent markets and the investor should probably use 60%. 

I would see what the background check reveals.

The loan application revealed some of my information but nothing that they can do anything with.