Also might be worth while to comb through the details of your credit reports to ensure there aren't any erroneous claims on there.

I'm already doing this the hard way, painstakingly combing through city by city, town by town, looking at gross metrics and trying to dig in.

@Howie Baker - if you are combing a relatively small market space, just make a list of the LLC's, then hop on the Sec of State website and look up the owners. 

All:I have been combing through Zillow and Auction.com for several months for my area (Southern Illinois / Belleville) and I am having a hard time finding properties that have good Value in them. 

Does anyone honestly thing FINRA is going to comb through everyone's applications, college transcripts, and resume to determine who has enough experience or just say 'if you passed Series xx exam you have demonstrated the requite knowledge to qualify as an accredited investor?

There's obviously stupidity and negligence on my part as well, but that is why I hired a home inspector, so that I didn't have to comb through the property. 

Am generally not a fan of inheriting tenants and if I do, I prefer that my lease be implemented, but clearl y that is not always realistic.Thank you though for this suggestion and I am going to try to see if working it from your suggested angle will work here in Colorado.In the end, I want to set up a lease that does not have holes, that an attorney, God forbid we ever have to evict (though these tenants do not seem like the type to cause any issues and I generally am a good landlord and stay away as long as you are following policy, so thus having a detailed lease that covers most all and then just backing off.My inspections are generally once a year, outside of the move-in, move out.I also stay very engaged in the running of my property, thus self-managing as in the end, I strive to provide a place I would enjoy living and I actually live on one of my properties.Long story short, don’t care for the very vague lease that the current property management company has running.Additionally I have little confidence in the way they were managing the property.The property has so much potential but has clear signs of neglect and I intend to change that as I never simply abandon my properties.On the question of current lease, I have combed through it repeatedly and do not see any mention of what happens at lease expiration only what happens when tenants are seeking to terminate their lease, “30-day written notice required”.No stipulation on what is required of landlord at end of lease and/or automatic renewal, both items that I cover in my lease and another reason, why am not a big fan of the existing lease.Leaves out a lot.I prefer having systems in place where there is little chance of misunderstanding, so thus the nerves on this one, but I will get through, thanks to you all for all your great advice!

Obviously, you can't do that for every single real-estate project, but it's not a bad idea to comb over the documents and ask any questions you may have. 

I like when my clients go over their returns with a fine tooth comb before I file! 

I've recently combed through all the Zoning Board of Appeals documentation for the last couple of years (and I had done the same back in 2014) and in almost all cases the board denies requests to re-establish rights.