You need to visit the market multiple times, shake hands, and drive/bicycle/walk the streets.

Is there enough parking or on street parking to accommodate 4 units worth of tenants, this can also be a problem for duplexes. 

The street it’s on is clean and nice, but there are some run-down, overgrown homes & lots nearby, there’s also a new $1 million home that’s the only one of its kind (and been on the market for 18 months).

I just hope I am still alive when it happens. but it will happen we border the city limits there is development directly across the street.

Might I add: have a street view shot (as in "what are the new Guests looking for when they pull up?"). 

Google street and sat view are only your friends to eliminate property....not to determine what you will buy....I swear up and down to people all the time...go look at what you plan to buy.....don't gamble. 

Wholesaling in SoCal can be tough....i haven't found the competition factor a set-back yet..if your really out in the streets, knocking on doors, at your court houses, county buildings consistently you find there are not as many wholesalers as you may think actively wholesaling.....there are quiet a bit of people talking and wanting to get in...i use the county buildings and the court houses for my leads...there are some really great untapped resources and tons of different types of leads you can get from those two places...and of course I have not discovered anything brand new...im just realizing the sucess is in the fight and how hard you want it...when i found out about these two sources i started to pull data from them and let me tell you it was overwhelming...but it was a gold mine...before i made enough money to pay someone to do this for me....i had to spend hours and hours and hours daily scrubbing data....finding address and owners names...etc...i have a system now and it runs smooth...i find some really great deals throughout LA County and Riverside County...I have 2 cash buyers that have bought all my deals...thats another important thing find real cash buyers...when i first started out i didnt have real buyers and i found out other wholesalers were acting as cash buyers just passing my deals on and on and it became a daisy chain leading to no where...Anyway i love wholesaling and i could type all day..if you want some creative ideas to find properties PM me....but dont give up...and don't let anyone discourage you about SoCal...its tough and it will literally make you cry....lol but its great place to start wholesaling...if your willing to put in the work...

“She said she got fed up and went to her family’s home on 160th Street—with the local TV outlet in tow—on Feb. 29 and called a locksmith to change the locks for her.”Understandable, but not a wise course of action.

If you have to use Comps from different neighborhoods to obtain your desired value, don't be surprised if the Appraiser uses the similar recent sales and active listings on the Subject's street and obtains a lower valuation.I highly advise you pursue the professional, competent approach rather than the "suck up" approach when working with Appraisers.

As of today, there is a property (281 Main Street, Cromwell, 06416) that could be good but it will need a bunch of work.