Do any of you use a rent box? 

But some lenders are more willing to work with folks in your situation vs. the typical lender who's never seen a case like yours and is stupidly "suspicious" because you don't fit in the box that they have in their mind for a typical borrower. 

(Although we did give them a lock box code) We wanted to inspect for sabotage prior to cutting the water on. 

I just leave them in my lock box unless there is an emergency and i need one. 

IRS will give you 1 EIN per day, look in the search box on IRS website (must end with .gov) “open LLC” or something like this and do the same thing on the NYS website (also must end with .gov).

Do they put lock boxes on the contracted houses so you could go view them on your own?

The owner had a lock box with keys on the outside and requested that we leave a roll of tp and paper towels upon our departure as well as $20 on the counter for the maid.

We have great people on the ground and are mostly interested in properties with multiple revenue streams like multi units, 2-4 plexes and out of the box real estate investments.  

They will probably offer "more" lending options, but will be very specific in their 'box' they underwrite with, and will probably charge higher fees, and generally don't care about small businesses. 

Can anyone make recommendations for an insurance company who works outside the box?