And I dont have to manage 100 units making me $100/month each. 

My out-of-state clients in Ohio use a mobile notary for anything less than 4 units.

We put $4,000 into the upper unit.

.: @Karen MargraveGood to see you back here.When I was a midshipman a thousand years ago, we had accommodations similar to this, though our "micro-units house 2 or 3 cadets.  

Our NTE for a single unit is $500 so if there was a $475 plumbing bill we knew was necessary for the property we would be paying it and you would see it in your monthly statement.

Another common practice for nationally sparse datasets such as tax data is aggregation.

But if you are looking for 1-4 units residential purchased by an individual then PS is a great place to find a list, skipt trace then cold call or text. 

Even if it's a new build, with 4 units, you're going to have lots of repairs.

@Lillian Pintaro,Birmingham’s a lucrative market—it’s been my stomping ground for nearly 20 years, and you can find some excellent deals if you know what you’re after and dive deep by zip code, neighborhood, and city block.For what it’s worth, we manage 2,000+ units (many for out-of-state investors) mostly in the north and west part of town—so think suburbs outside the city limits like Graysville (35073), Adamsville (35005), Mount Olive (35117), Center Point (35215), and the like.Since you’re also open to the surrounding areas, places like Odenville (to the east) and Tuscaloosa (to the southwest) could be worth checking out.

my hope is to get a nice unit for my son at below 50% of retail.