Be sure to actually contact the landlord for verification—fake references are more common than you’d think.In-Person Meeting: Meeting potential roommates in person is a great way to get a feel for compatibility.

If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that policies are enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff.6.

My hope is I can gain their trust as a property manager and eventually be the one they turn to to sell later on or refer for business in the future.

I can envision that the numbers on these luxury homes would lead to to a long lag time...but hopefully I'm wrong. 

Start early, raise that equity well in advance, and make sure all those forms and verifications are filled out correctly.

Separately from all of that - I recommend reviewing your lease up procedures to improve verification of signing tenants and their agreement and aware of terms and conditions. 

You can learn from someone one step ahead of you and then do business together.I'm sure there are plenty of mentors you could pay substantial money to to gain knowledge and know how but i doubt it could replace actual relationships that are pertinent to your market and current business.

There are plenty of banks across the US that also have a stated income heloc (in the Carolinas, First Citizens will do up to $100k with no income verification). 

I understand they are planning to to offer recordkeeping and plan document maintenance services to Quest clients with no cost to transition. 

Many real estate investors opt for a fix-and-flip loan because they’re relatively easy to obtain: no personal income verification (no DTI requirements), and you can often borrow up to 90% of the purchase price and 100% of the rehab costs.