Myself and family truly loved the property and house; just want others opinions on if this may be a mistake to proceed, or does this appear common practice for the age and location (upstate New York). 

Here's the message from RentRedi: "During a routine review, our payment processor came across a transaction that they must do additional verification on.There was a transaction (#20) under cardholder name XXXXXXX  (amount: XXXXXXX).As this cardholder name doesn't match the tenant name (XXXXXXXXXXXX), further information is required about the cardholder:- Lease agreement - Cardholder name:- Billing address:- Cardholder phone number:- How the cardholder is associated with the tenant:Once this information is provided, I will relay this to the payment processor for review." 

@Charlie Brown, I'm not super familiar with your market specifically but I think this strategy works anywhere:- Find a boutique, niche, ideally aging broker/brokerage in your market, and start adding value. 

Being able to bring verification of ownership from the seller is key.  

Also, we have witnessed a lot of tenant applicant fraud related to income verification and employment, in addition to identity theft.

So, as an investor is making an offer through a Real Estate agent/Broker using OPM, what type of verification and verbiage do you supply to the seller to show your ability to buy?

@Pam Brown we get that you're trying to answer questions and build your profile, but you may want to take a moment to check the age of a queery before you respond.This one is 3 years old!

As the renovations age, repairs and unit turn over becomes more expensive.

One other tip is to let your listings expire and re-list that makes them not appear as 'aged and stale' - power users will check history and notice but you may get the attention of some and those that have recently setup alerts.  

Screen and approve all residences over the age of 18.