Request the offering memorandum, the subscription and enterprise agreements in the form to be signed, the business plan, the economic report supporting job creation, and evidence of any regional center involvement. Ask which items are provided only after payment. That answer alone distinguishes offerings that expect scrutiny from those that resist it.
Note the drafts, and the dates
Record the version and date of every document received, because terms move between drafts and the signed page is the one that counts. Where a promoter supplies a summary instead of the instrument, ask for the instrument. Meanwhile, begin the applicant's own file: identity records, tax returns, business or employment income evidence and asset sale documents.
That work proceeds regardless of which project is chosen and is usually the longer task. Ask a further question about each document received: whether it is the version that will be signed. Offerings frequently circulate a summary or an earlier draft during marketing and produce the executed form only at subscription, and terms can move between the two.
Where a promoter declines to supply the instrument before payment, record that answer and weigh it. Meanwhile the applicant's own file, identity records, tax filings, business or employment income evidence and asset sale documents, proceeds regardless of the choice and is the part of the case that most often controls the eventual filing date.