Buying a house

Lesson learned #213:

The lender will ask you to ask your bank for a copy of every check you've deposited over $100 for the last so many days. In this case, 30 days, and the bank kept mailing the deposit slip instead of the actual check.

Not sure I'll go through this again, but I think the best advice may have been "start on paperwork earlier". We finished a day after the bank gave us the forms to fill out and the list of things they needed. Well, finished, save that check. We *should* have asked the bank proactively about that stuff, found out about the check earlier, and already have had it.

Well, one thing I know not to screw up next time. :-)