What about cable, internet and Wi-Fi access?

I usually use Danny Salas at Access Real Estate Lending or Rudy Cortez at Summit Funding.

You can have them block out other info that you don't need to know.  

The 2 car garage is cinder block, but the roof is caved in.

With that being said and your post requesting a focus on partnerships, here are a few things to consider as you move forward.1) Do you need a partner - or are you simply looking for accessible forms of investment capital that will allow you to acquire properties with minimal hassles, given the underwriting requirements of most institutional/Fannie Mae lenders. 

It's usually a board member that just so happens to be home on the day your tenant moves in and props all the doors open, or blocks the driveway or damages the hallway door, etc.

The house I need financing for is a 3/2, block house with a metal roof, large fenced back yard, fireplace, and 1-car carport.

A nice block with lots of new construction. 

Therefore, in the future if you need funds you already have access.

If it's a bank REO- you will only have access to it once it's listed w a agent - at which point every investor and their realtor can see it on the MLS.