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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Mortgage Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-09-30 04:11:14.897013+00","research_date":"2026-09-30","source_snapshot_sha256":"7e7babc2a2fd83519b8e3c24fb6be1e7614099a1f12ed890b7000664d23e274c","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":34,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Non-QM or investment property lender"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Lima One Capital is a weak fit for a DSCR loan for a low credit score investor. Only 2 of 7 platforms named it during the ranking stage, and five of seven platform assessments rated it a weak fit for this use case. The strongest reason to consider it is its cash-flow-based DSCR underwriting, which does not require personal income documentation on stated single-family rental loans . The main limitation is its published 660 FICO minimum for DSCR rental loans, which excludes most borrowers in the low 600s or below . 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