And then once I check off all of those boxes, and once I sell the property, I get to wait for four or more years for some internal or external auditor or regulator to make sure I did everything right, and make sure I did everything the same way as I did for every other one I did.

And you can always require your renters to carry renters insurance.2- Landlord tenant law is state-specific, so you would need to research codes or reach out to the state real estate authority or your local metropolitan housing authority (MHA)....they are usually a good resource.You would need to check with your county auditor to see if there is a requirement for a "rental registry"...this is county specific...or could be related to city ordinance as well.

(Easy info to access on auditor site.) 

Second issue is I have only found one property with it's assessed value posted on the county's auditor website, all of the other properties I have looked at I can not find assessed value anywhere. 

The auditor website shows he purchased property for 135k in 2005.

You can contact the County Auditor for the payoff amount according to your closing date.Speaking for Indiana...

CALL TO ACTION The screening criteria and security deposit ordinances proposed by Commissioner Eudaly (30.01.086 and30.01.087, respectively) are scheduled for public hearing this week:Public Testimony will be heard on Thursday April 4th at 2:00 PMPORTLAND CITY COUNCILCity Hall – 1221 SW Fourth AvenueFor additional information visit:https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditor/26997

Well, an auditor that is trying to get into buy and hold would ask.

Hey yallanybody know much about the process or methods behind school boards combing through LLC transfers to notify the county auditor to manually increase taxes? 

Hey yallanybody know much about the process or methods behind school boards combing through LLC transfers to notify the county auditor to manually increase taxes?