All probates cases are by county.

But the city has risks too: historic tanneries, dry cleaners, gas stations, garages, workshops, any kind of industrial use - always be suspicious of what people did with chemicals back in the 50s and 60s when the general population had no awareness of the damage I just had to turn down a small development  10  house's or 20 detached as phase 2 found chemicals for the Filbert orchard ( Filberts are hazelnuts ) that was planted 30 years ago.the soil had to be dug down 1 to 2 feet analyzed and hauled to special dump at 3X normal dump fee's.. there is a reason why we do phase 1 and phase 2 and just dont buy this dirt and take on those liabilities.. now to be fair this is for lending purposes is someone want to buy it the county / city would not require the phase 1 or 2 but you take on going risk of someone suing the pants off of you in the future.

In most cases, the city or county will issue a notice to the homeowner, requiring them to take action.

Hi Mary,We have a company in Jefferson County, MO and we fix and flip houses, along with residential and commercial remodeling.

I have 3 deals going in Loudoun county VA that national builders are buying our lots and when I was there going through existing developments its was full speed ahead  Toll Brothers on one project probably had 40 up and running some i am sure are presold..

You can typically see seller builder names listed then you can research the LLC and get a contact via google or county parcel search.

Have you looked in other counties where you could spend $275K to $300K for a 2-4 unit.

There was an issue with them and I am still waiting for that to resolve - but it’s in the works.The state where the relinquished property was, as of this writing, still has not recorded the deed - 2 months now after closing the county is dragging this out. 

I specialize in renting to Section 8 (BRHP) in nicer areas of Baltimore County and noticing significantly deteriorated tenant quality.

My partners and I are working on our first flip in Dekalb County and we have run into permitting hell.