I believe this is to verify legal ownership of the property.

John,Have him to show proof, and you verify.

Lets pull @Steven Hamilton II in here to verify.

As far as I know, only one of the tenents is rent assisted and that is from the local rescue mission...I don't believe any of them are Section 8 or HUD assisted, but will verify that.

The IRS is closed which affects lenders’ ability to verify borrowers’ income via a 4506, a necessary step now in most conventional mortgage lending.

They're targeted to out of state buyers who aren't willing to make any effort to verify what they're buying and the sellers take advantage of them for their lack of diligence.

Never take on a partner that you don't know, where you have no way to verify their work, knowledge or expertise.Before you partner with a contractor you need to use them a few times and learn how the relationship goes, see the quality of work.

If the owner glosses over and says " I do not keep great records but he has been a model tenant" then the price starts going way down on the purchase.Anything I can't verify that will create a problem for me I will get the property real cheap to handle those issues.

I've verified that a few people I know have been happy with past performance with this company I'm considering, but I want to make sure I'm doing wise due diligence on my own, as well.

I have verified that the property is indeed owner occupied.