If they wanted to send a hard money pre-approval for half of the purchase, then either A) the lender needs to confirm that they verified the borrower possesses the remaining cash to close, or B) the borrower needs to show proof of funds for the remainder.

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?

We are in the process of screening a tenant which of course includes verifying rental history.

If they want to stay, verify they can afford it.

Some nuances to verify the primary residence part, but feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Having not yet verified his income, he would well qualify.

@Glen Michael we charge an onboarding fee to owners, which they ALWAYS complain about, but they don't want to undertand why it's so important.We use the funds to check:1) Ownership: we verify property is actually properly deeded to their name, LLC, etc. - We've found issues where owners was NOT on the deed and was scammed- We've also had to patiently explain to owners that since an LLC owned the property, that the management contract had to be in the LLC name and we needed proof they could sign for the LLC.2) Property Taxes: we make sure we know the status, to avoid tax foreclosure issues.- Took over several properties for an out-of-country owner last year that we're in the midst of tax foreclosure.

However, it’s not the only way to get the qualification, it allows for Self and Homeowner declarations and documentation to add up experience, its just not as easy as an existing GC stating “he’s good to go”.Pursuant to Business and Professions Code (BPC) Section 7068, applicants’ experience must be verified by a “qualified and responsible person.”

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

 @Nathan Gesner Funny you should say that as that is what we did yesterday ..we actually lowered it to $1685 and it looks like we have a renter  hopefully  ( fingers crossed ).Income verified , credit score etc It’s a bit low for me but we can get the mortgage paid, the heloc payments and the roof payments and still put some cash flow in  reserves each month as we will pencil out a bit.