In addition consider other documents you will need to have on hand like Pet Addendums, Notice to Vacate, Lease Extensions, Lease Assignments, etc.

If you want to change brokers, you have to provide a letter documenting that you are changing your "Broker of Record". 

Maybe it’s the commercial lender in me, but I think it’s good business practice to retain, or at the very least have access to, all notices and documents that were given to the tenant.

The author documents how startlingly difficult it was in WWI and WWII to get conscripts to willingly shoot straight at the enemy, the process it took to dehumanize the bad guy enough to get a new soldier to reliably take a straight shot down a rifle barrel at him.

During the whole transaction, everything seemed above board until after being "approved", the "lender" hit us with a fee of $4,510 for loan orientation, documentation, and insurance fees to be paid before receiving the loan. 

Assuming you have a copy of your documents, there is an easier way.I use Word to convert all our documents into individual PDF's and then use Adobe Acrobat Pro to combine them in one long fillable PDF.

You can find that document recorded at the county where the property is located, or you can search public notices (here's a link for Utah):https://www.utahlegals.com/(S(qz3suyqbucrgtawc2hx2bhv4))/def...Search 'foreclosures' in the dropdown menu.The Notice of Trustee's Sale will contain the "trustee" name, that is who represents the lender in the proceedings and you can contact to verify the case is still active.

I am curious if other investors create a business plan or provide other documentation to loan officers?

"couldn't confront the tenant directly because he manages it remotely from Oregon"....... what a horrible cop outThe city could document the HUNDRED of night the unit was booked as a STR....and the LL made ZERO effort after the first issue to monitor to see if hit the STR market again?

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?