Not quite as good, but it alleviates most of the pain.

What are any pain points that he has that you can help with? 

It is a pain but not insurmountable. 

Unfortunately, I do own investment properties abroad that are still financed, so any lender that has experience with this would be much appreciated, the lack of experience in that regard has been a painful, and long underwriting process at first when I bought and then again when I refinanced my home a few years ago...

The pain is removing all HVAC, plumbing & electrical so you can sister or replace a beam or joist and then put them all back in.

Those landlords sometimes feels the pain managing property outside the state.  

@Neal Daftary-I think self-managing a duplex from 1.5 hours away is going to be a huge pain.

Which ones are the most painful?

With fees and points and so on, their money cost me 16%, and it was a total pain to refinance to a 5% conventional mortgage.If you are going to do a deal which involves buying a house for $50k less than market price, then paying Eastside $10k to expedite the closing is totally worth it.Eastside funding are good people, and they provide excellent service. 

*Listen for pain points.- Timeline.