Giving sensitive information needed for the loan process to someone with an LLC (which isn't difficult to make) that I can't validate seems rather risky, thoughts?

I help one of the elderly tenants with the install every year because he is very patient and it is not very time sensitive for him. 

I know the holidays can be a sensitive time for people, especially those in tough situations.

Some contractors even specialize in rehab-type production and are generally more sensitive to the need to offer high quality at lower cost because it keeps them busy - it's production work. 

Putting safeguards in place to protect your investments is crucial to your success.

One sensed that you were more rate-sensitive and showed you a lower rate scenario, the other sensed that you were more fee-sensitive and showed you a lower fees scenario.

Most banks would  not intentionally  try to cheat a customer in such a way because it would damage their reputation, which is something banks are very sensitive to.  

Not to be confused with the foreclosure remedy scam, equity or collateralization stripping is conducted to safeguard the ownership of real estate assets by making the equity in those assets valueless in the eyes of creditors Read more: Equity Stripping Leaves Creditors Empty-Handed http://www.investopedia.com/articles/mortgages-real-estate/09/equity-stripping-assets.asp#ixzz4gPtJC9yn

In that book we talk about the ins and outs of lending, ways to safeguard your capital, how you can mitigate risks, who else to involve in the process of doing the loan.

Line up your potential purchases in priority and start makingshort and time sensitive offers.