Waited over an hour and no one came on the screen.

In terms of timeline, don't plan for it to be a fast process, your rockstar local loan officer will not be processing the assumption, it'll be a group of call center people reading scripts from a computer screen.

What is the best way to screen international applicants? 

Colorado has made a similar move, allowing "portable tenant screenings". 

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

Run a credit/screening report on yourself.

Time to Bad Blood some of these "lenders" and "gurus". 

Other than that, it's great for what we do for REIs (and myself as an REI).Yeah, Balance Sheet is formatted with properties in Columns (similar to screen grab of Cash Flow Statement above) and grouped by LLC.

It's a cash business which means no one is screening these folks like they should.

You will quickly learn whether you like it or not, how to market, screen applications, manage renters, coordinate and supervise maintenance, and so much more.