That does NOT mean you should trust them blindly!

I work a lot, probably more than the average W2, but we also travel a lot, at least 6 trips every year.So that's what's driving me, numbers on a screen are nice, but they are not fulfilling on a personal level.

Yes they require renovations at that level but with a little love I am still getting cash flow.

I don’t trust these servicing companies and their sub-servicing companies to get anything straight anymore unfortunately.

Over my time (over 30 years), if your lender will make a call to the seller/seller's rep to explain the level of due diligence we've done on the buyer usually goes a long way.

What worked for me was partnering with a trusted local business or coworking space in the area and using their address (with their consent, of course).

Lesson learned to never trust anyone on social media.

dont over think this its not that complicated. important issues are.1. cost of capital2. knowing what a deal is or is not.3. good reno crew or contractor  4. good agent that will tell you straight what its worth when done and what level you should rehab to.5. a market that is actually moving napkin math works  trying to drill down to decimal points does not.

So basically the idea is to become private lender (or trust deed investor).

But, even if someone was I would imagine the financing terms you can get a mid level furniture store would be much better then a hard money loan anyway.