You Know what they say," never believe 100% of what you have heard, only 50% of what you see and 25% of what you can verify".

Your conventional lender is going to verify the source of your down payment and it will need to be in your bank or brokerage account for two statements.

If so, who would I contact to verify this?

Pay a handy guy to ride with you and scout the property (just a thought) otherwise, the best use of your time will be to verify if your buying a first lien position, knowing your market well enough to know what your buying and what your exit is, and underwriting the prospective deal so you anticipate worse case.

A typical “homeowner” policy does not cover vacant property, after a certain amount of time anyway, particularly when your intent is to Never occupy....verify with your agent.

New bill now requires Airbnb to disclose the addresses of its listing and the identities of its hosts to the City..

It's located in a desirable / up and coming neighborhood (Hixson, TN), has good tenants, and seems well taken care of (will be verifying that with inspections shortly though).

I can't find any information to verify that.Is that a true statement?

Typically, appraisals which don’t involve a sale/purchase price will be more conservative.When the Identical house to yours actually sells, then you could try again.

I have a pretty detailed application, so I'm hoping I can rank the applicants based on the application, and then verify information through a background check starting with the strongest.