I figure, if I'm at least going through the motions of buying an investment property if one jumps up and bite me I will be ready.

If you want brownie points feel free to bring to the meeting:3 most recent pay stubs2 years of complete Federal tax returns (all pages)2 years of W-2 tax returns2 months of bank statements (all pages)Explanations for any deposits on those bank statements which weren't payroll/salaryAnd if you have extra time on your hands this weekend and want super duper brownie points, you could start working on the detailed listing of income, expenses, assets and liabilities on a version of the Uniform Residential Loan Application.Or you could just go to the meeting and let her/him tell you what they want and need from you :)

If they can't serve the tenant, then you can ask for a motion to post from the court.  

This opened the door to a variety of options, but we settled on renovating the 2 houses, (one to rent and one to flip) selling the lots to a new build investor and converting the church into downtown lofts.This plan allowed us to create immediate cashflow and set the project in motion.

It has been a great learning experience in that it forced me to go through all of the motions in isolating a geography of interest, closing on my first property, financial analysis and now screening tenants. 

I have a 401k, but I was uniformed that I should open up a Roth IRA.

Court rules in favor of JP Morgan on Motion to Dismiss Suit - (2013)4.

A lot of times people are scared to apply the paint, make sure you load your cover and apply a solid uniform coat should cover in one no issues.

Don't they make cameras that can be set up to go right to your cell phone in the event of motion?

I have repeated the experiment with all the people I have taken on and all results are uniform.