Until there is a new standard adopted, we have to continue using paper, examining title, conducting settlements, and so on.

These guidelines claims that rental management consumes a lot of time should be examined closely.

Title insurers spend much of the income they receive as premium for the cost of maintaining title plants which are used to conduct the title search and paying professionals to examine the documents found in the search to determine what requirements to make and exceptions to take for the issuance of the title commitment. 

My main goal for 2023 is to either add a 4plex to my portfolio, or a couple more affordable cashflow properties in Cleveland.My goal is to be able to not have to work a 9-5 by age 30 and to just do home inspections on the side (I have my exam in a couple weeks to get licensed).

Title examiners pull these and include with their reports. 

If the docs all look legit (examine them carefully!)

Mistakes in the search and examination of title, the preparation of the commitment and closing of the transaction happen every day due to inexperience, rush to satisfy demands to close and yes negligence, which generally is not fraud. 

After examining 47 appraisals (supplied by RTR on their recent deals) and running some data analysis (plus plotting that data on a Google map), I have somewhat of high confidence that the valuations should be 375k+ ...

You're better off examining the market at a neighborhood level for value and rents as they can fluctuate by the block.

I think a big part of being an investor is always being willing to examine your assumptions.