I personally generally skip it if the house is 10 years old or less, unless I see other issue that make me think it could be an issue.

Quote from @Scott Mac: Maybe she really is the cleaning lady and he's just "Getting Some" (know what I mean).I usually skip that part. 

Skip the duplex- look at tri and quad.5.

Have a backup lender and ask the lender what you need to do in order to make sure you qualify.3) Property manager- interview them and make sure they have your interests and you can trust them, unless you manage yourself then skip this step.

I listen to these things at 2x, with my finger on the “skip 15 second” button.

Usually I could swing the deal, not always.Word gets out at the ABA meetings and banker's breakfast, that problem loans could be solved by this guy at xyz mortgage, that certainly helped in getting the okay!

Then skip trace the list, and export that data on an excel sheet and start reaching out to them via whichever campaign route you'd like to go.

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Skip the PM’s and self manage! 

An agent has put me in contact with a broker with a DSCR program where they can roll the rehab cost into the loan, basically skipping the hard money loan part in the beginning.