We are right next to San Jose, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.I am also a real estate attorney and decided to start my own real estate firm after having put together many deals for clients.I am an active community volunteer as well.I look forward to learning more from all of you.

Noticed your post and wanted to extend a product idea that our firm has that could be of assistance to your situation, if you haven't found a solution already. 

Get firm if you have to @Carol Venolia!

If it's by a well known accounting firm, that one thing, but if they're preparing them theirselves, you might want supporting documents, for instance, a couple of months of bank statements.  

You can try Chris Goodson, Goodson Law Firm. 

I'm a partner in a commercial general contracting firm by day and work on personal projects at night and during the weekends.  

@Kelly Maestri  My firm is licensed to lend in AZ and OR.  

I work for an investment firm that sometimes works with wholesalers and the first question I will ask is "are you a licensed agent". 

Most of the banks use him and his partner in their firm for closing paperwork.Welborn - The other one seems pretty sharp and has good reviews but we have not done any business with them.  

I heard an interview with Chris Sacca (a famous Silicon Valley venture capitalist) talking about the number of pitches he hears for new software firms that he knows are going nowhere.