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.

. #7 is the best verification for Gold yet. ;-)That being said,Ask the Russians in 1920 if they would rather have had land (which was taken from them by the communists in 1918) or gold, which they could flee with.Ask anybody in the USA who owned land in the 1930's but lost it because they couldn't pay the taxes, if land or gold is better.

If you are facing some kind of mandated sewer connection - i.e. the sewer department/district has a mandate in place that is now being enforced - then you will have learned a lesson about utility verification before purchase :) . 

For $40 these days an applicant can purchase totally fake paystubs and an employer verification. 

So if you decide your best course of action is to go toe to toe with a town or city over your "right" to rent your property how you see fit that's your prerogative. 

Like others have stated, I cross check the property records to verify the landlords before I call, and I ask a tricky question or two before I get into it.I do the same with employment verification. 

Hello Landlords, So I have a 4 unit, with one empty studio....as I am their cleaning it up I get a knock at the door....it's the tenant from another unit and he is pissed at me for calling the  cops on him   .....long...

Did not care for the marketing and the poor to rich stories but we did sign up for the ("today only") $495 course to to make ourselves take some time out to think through this real estate investing area.

Write down your goals, work to to accomplish them ASAP.

Getting some verification on things I thought to be true is very satisfying.