We are paying off debt while we invest; however, we had significant debts elsewhere and are on a strict payoff of our debt with specific pay off milestones in our debt payoff plan.

I am not opposed to draw at pre defined milestones but money up front is a red flag for me.  

So far, items I was going to include (may not be in exact order):- catchy intro page (peak their interest w/o being too cheesy salesy)- stats/graphs that a friend gave on stock market returns- article or 2 on my current market conditions (great market, etc)- letter to them from me (my skills and what I bring to the deal, etc)- my resume of RE experience and list of investor courses completed- sample deal- faqs - one guy had these and I thought it was good...putting questions they may have in a laid out faq section to address major questions a lender could have and alleviate any concerns- info on self-directed IRAs (maybe brochure/card from a local company here)Any other ideas?

No graph line maintains direction without correct.

Scott and Richard,While I understand that simply accepting anything published in the media at face value without independent documentation is naive I ran across this 60 Minutes piece from last year that portrays a rather grim picture.I also found this graph which backs up J.

I don't believe the graphs are a lagging indicator.

So being able to talk through your successes with the paper trail to demonstrate them can go a long way (include a few graphs or pie charts... a lot of bankers like visuals).

This is a great graph, however it says nothing about relative property values in relation to the average rents which definitely matters when making investment decisions. 

I show graphs numbers, and...

I also get to look back and see that I am consistently meeting milestones before plan.