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

Get all your documents together and be specific, without emotion or personal attacks. https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/real-estate-commission/complaints/When a complaint is filed against a Broker, the first thing the commission will typically do is contact that Broker and let them know the complaint exists.

Also, and thoughts on how detailed our documentation of the time spent needs to be?

The lease/option as described will be 2 separate documents; the lease can be a standard rental agreement. 

Read your documentation to see what was agreed upon at the time you formed it.

And, if so, what the project costs for creation of the documents needed to do the project might be.   

If their performance drops, it requires much documentation, performance reviews, fix it plans, etc. etc. because if we fire them without heavy documentation, now we pay unemployment. 

Another afternoon, at the Maryvale court, a teenage couple and one of their mothers discussed strategy in the hallway, fussing over a thick stack of documents.

They would like me to sign a new document to update this so they can sell the loan to an investor.

- What documents do they require applicants to submit & why?