., not requiring a long-term lease for the “rent” portion of BRRRR before approving the refinance) or allowing investors to borrow in an LLC or other creative structures.

You don't need to have an agent (although that would be great, but it's not a good use of their time until you are pre-approved and ready) because there are Open Houses every weekend in every market.

Has anybody heard of REI Mobile?

Meanwhile,  its not unfathomable for the bank who is approving your loans to wonder why this particular borrower feels it's necessary to take such extreme steps to protect themselves...what is it about them or their operation that is leading them to take such extreme measures?

Although we weren’t changing the exterior, we were asked to provide a survey of our property, elevation drawings, stamped FAR calculations, and sat in front of the city councils to obtain an approval (the special permit).

Took a little over 5 months from first submission to final approval from the city.

You will get the attention of a solid real estate agent when you have a true pre approval in hand.  

I’m pre-approved for a second mortgage, have a realtor who is investor-friendly, etc., but I’m curious what your alls thoughts are on how beneficial a financial advisor could be.I’m not interested in having someone actively manage my investments as I’m comfortable with doing all of that.

Hi Sharon, there are other other lenders don't base their approval solely on your credit score.

In fact the city of mobile has argued in court that you have an obligation to secure and maintain.