Speaking to a banker just left me confused as she was tap dancing around the Question when i asked her to clarify.

That is usually confirmation from your banker, your bank account with the account number redacted or a letter from your lender. 

As one who got totally hammered in the GFC if I was not with my Banker of 30 years I would never have come through that in tact I would have been like many of my peers and had to reorganize ( code for file BK).

That being said, whenever I can pay down a consumer debt on my terms vs the bankers, it’s my preferred method.

Agreed POF is for your commerical / community banker..

Coldwell banker

I did mine when I was in the timber industry.. it was common for me to log a property then sell said property to buyer on contract.. but they had to go through the building permit process and in Oregon that can take a year or two.. so I would sell on contract.. then take my contract to my trusty commercial banker and hypothecate it..

Initially, you're screening PMs, GCs, subs, maintenance people, bankers / lenders, attorneys, accountants, tenants, etc.

I spent spent many, many years as a banker prior to us forming this company during the last crash.

My business banker at Case said they have a strict no series rule.