All the "recessions" are caused by greed......and what is greed.....technically speaking....its when some people think that they have found the magic formula of making a lot of money and then try leveraging...And that is why the "best of best" usually protect their principal first and then try to maximize their returns because a single zero can take it all away.

I've been a lender for 33 years, but most of the hard money lenders that I've seen springing up don't have a lending background.

My background is in commercial (retail and office) multi tenant real estate.

I offer a lot of development consulting since I have a background in Civil Engineering and Urban Planning.

Plus I use them to run the background and credit check as well. 

For background checks, TurboTenant and MyRental offer robust screening tools.

Background check potential tenants.

First, instead of fighting over deals like there's a limited supply, why don't we all create our own "abundance mentalities" - because no one on this thread has the infrastructure to handle EVERY possible deal:)Secondly, I find it odd that agents are fighting against "off market" sales, but could care less that at least two-thirds of rental transactions are technically "off market" or "off-MLS" (no agents involved).Yet, every agent licensing course covers the handling of rental leases.Guessing that agents only get wound about this topic if a certain number of zero's are involved?

Would love to connect and hear more about your background. 

Answer is you do all your homework ahead of time.Can't believe how many new investors buy a rental and then post here asking how do they market it, where do they get a rental application from, do background checks and they also need a lease.That lack of thinking things through will eventually lead to their failure.