BONUS QUESTION:  "I've got one last question that may seem a bit strange...

@Eli M. it is very strange if the tenant doesn't have their phone number, which leads me to believe it may be a bad reference.

@Nathan G.I am not placing them in a protected class but if for some strange reason they say they want to take you to court, it is much harder to prove with smell than with a videotape.

As strange as it may seem, I found a really good tax professional at H&R block.

vetting the ground partners is critical.I find it, well, if not humerous, maybe strange..but you have a landlord that bought a mid west 40k rental property and they want a full credit and criminal background on the tenant moving into their asset RIGHT ?

The letter is from the city assessing department. Inside it contains a copy of the quitclaim deed with a post-it attached to it. On the note it says why I got the property for a value so far below the assessed value. ...

I feel really weird but I have figured out ways of contacting Social Media friends since the stigma isn't as significant (strangely).

Strangely, maybe 50% of them call.Most escrow or title companies have a simple demand form you can request and fill out detailing the payoff.

I know that seems strange, since PMI is required if you don't have 20% down, but when removing it the threshold changes. 

I think for a lot of these folks getting started with the no's you need to have a system to track those and drip them.. we did it with Telemarketing.. people in the country ( not the city) rarely got telemarketed and enjoyed our calls as strange as that sounds..