I believe I can run numbers effectively enough to decipher a good deal from a bad one but I’m still open to knowledge to do it better.

Until you have done that, no point in contacting an attorney (unless you need legal help in deciphering the covenant).

Can someone decipher what the sole proprietor portion of that might mean for landlords?

The house only has one meter, so it is hard to decipher the total amount of utilities per unit. 

(I am sure most county websites are different) I need help in trying to either decipher these lists or at least find information on how to search for a list, I just need a starting point. 

Getting the Layout file from the county may help you decipher what is inside of the data file. 

Sorry I'm trying to decipher what you wrote so if it is not my homestead or I'm not selling it to a family member I cannot do it without a license? 

Realtors aren't just there to advertise and show houses, they are like little attorneys who take care of a large stack of paperworks with all sorts of disclosures, contingencies, and the like to decipher through.

There are definitely good and bad companies, and it's honestly not always easy to decipher which is which.

My particular method unfortunately is grab a chair, photo copy everything, and spend a lot of time trying to decipher exactly what the "official" stats on a building are.Anyone have a time saving idea for going about this?