If so, you've potentially found a good deal @ $190k; however, there are many more details that need to be uncovered to tell whether it's a great opportunity (i.e. tenant quality, what needs repaired on homes if tenant moved out, etc.) 

I've passed on deals where I see later that someone bought a property that had environmental issues that I uncovered.  

So a good title search company should uncover everything but in the event that it doesn't, I can't get an type of title insurance can I?

Always do your due diligence...when you find a county to purchase a property in, you will usually go through the court of clerks which is where you can uncover how much the liens are on the property, and any special nuances which might prevent you from purchasing it. 

I’ve also uncovered a troubling number of civil and criminal cases that have been filed against him (just in Greenville County), most of which relate to fraud and forgery-type offenses (some of which appear to have resulted in his incarceration, the last being in Dec 2015).

I didn't anticipate this, but during the course of my day, I've discovered that there are both an REIA and an REIF (and who knows if there are more that I haven't uncovered yet!).  

There's also an impervious cover requirement -- a certain percentage of the lot has to remain uncovered by structure or asphalt so that there's less runoff to contend with; I think it's a 60/40 split but I can't recall which number is impervious and which is for the permeable. the living space itself was capped at 850 SF last time I looked and was usually done in an apartment over a detached garage.

Two Bigger Pocket podcasts later I'm at about 25% done uncovering this floor from two layers of the worst over-layment ever invented (the walls of this room had been paneled in the 60's...to think I thought that was bad, HA)! 

No need to waste time going there if a quick search online uncovers some info not to your liking.Good luck in your new venture.Jill Cleary

You only release them once you have done a full inspection to uncover any hidden items first.