And no, Redfin, Zillow, and other consumer sites do not substitute for the actual MLS, but they can get you by in a pinch.

Texas is like Forest Gump's box of chocolates when it comes to building inspection. 

I am in a pinch for some cash.  

Ideally, same features (beds, baths, sq ft, acres, garage, etc) sold within 6 months and 1/4 mile.Very often, I have to push those limits - for lack of data, I've been forced to push both the radius and time frame and I've even gone out to adjoining towns in a pinch - but those towns have to be in a similar socioeconomic strata.You might try coming up with your own and submitting them to the appraiser.

I would agree zero would want their mom to sell to a wholesaler - but then again, 0 would want their mom to be in a financial pinch in need of a solution.

Plus side is I've had them go upstairs and let the dog out when I was in a pinch.

If you don't care to know what you own, that's your choice.If you enjoy hassles and other difficulties, then by all means - step over $1,000 bills to pick up pennies.If penny-pinching is THAT important to you, you may want to reconsider REI - it may not be for you.

The problem with me is i feel no one will run it as good as us and try to penny pinch and make the money we can.

I would be frugal as heck and pinched pennies when I could.

Any site that advocates anything from real estate investing to homeopathic cures to the benefits of chocolate, is going to suffer from the same phenomena.