Im looking at a flag property that has a 3 bed 2 bath main house and another structure that currently is 2 rooms and a bathroom. Neither of those rooms were described as a kitchen or a bedroom but in speaking with the...

Same scenario you could very easily be off by $30-$50k without an ability to look at the picture behind the scenes with actual pending/solds with comps dependent on your market and the type of house you have within the market.

That's called dual tracking and is prohibited by federal law so, you are either wrong about it being in forbearance, or, wrong about the pending foreclosure, or both or, someone is breaking federal law (Less likely but still possible).Why estimate the equity?

Possibly look into Probate Court records to see if there is a case or case pending.

We called the office, got the number from Google, did a real verification.Hadn't paid rent since COVID, active eviction pending held up by the courts, $10K behind.Verify, verify, verify.

You also need to know any actions against tenants, any eviction notices in the past, any pending dollars to be withheld from deposits, really, any issues at all.

We saw this foreclosure property that was relisted due to the buyer’s financing fell through) and we made an offer on it (pending approval).

If you’ve lived in your current home for a year, you should be able to get a new primary home loan, pending credit approval.

Not exactly certain what my long term real estate strategy will end up being, but I am thinking of starting out with purchasing a flip at a Judicial Tax Sale since typically properties are sold free and clear there (pending a title search of course).  

Don't look only at the current laws and restrictions but also find out if there are any proposals or hearings pending in the city council or county supervisors.