My own work has not had dramatic fails, mainly because I don't rush it.

They will code the property, the category it belongs to, and pass that to the accounting department.If you hire a general bookkeeper, you might see that problem of coding it completely wrong versus someone that focuses mainly on real estate.To give you a bit of an insight, I am a developmental controller and I am currently handling over $200 Million in transactions for residential/developments. 

@Steve JohnsonIf you are talking about the one that @Brandon Turner wrote for his original book, I recall it being good but needed to get tailored for Pennsylvania purposes.

(Applicants will sometimes give the number for their friend or family member who then poses as the person you think you're calling.)When calling the applicant's work, I'd recommend calling the main, publicized number for the business rather than the number the applicant provides. 

I will be mainly relying on homeunion to take care of my property"..... now in 2018, nothing in Boston surrounding areas makes a lot of sense anymore.

That is counter to the purpose of screening where you are looking for reasons to reject. 

Ryan - I would say  yes to the main question ...its  best to  start with using  hypothetical scenario  that is likely higher than you plan to use  ...ask the lender to  use these figures...provide them with all the  data they  request  ...ask them to fully underwrite and  approve the  file  ( versus just  providing a  " pre qualification "  opinion  based off a loan officer  reviewing the data ) ...getting a firm / formal  loan approval commitment  is free and  this should allow you to know  exacatly where you stand

@Shawn Jaffee The home prices in many of the cities surrounding Austin tend to be a lot more favorable for beginning investment purposes than Austin itself.

Main Street Abstract.

It’s mainly a CYA for the title companies.