i can speak for hamilton county ohio now..... if you go to the county auditors web site you will be able to search by street address, name etc...

If you don't pay any taxes due by the 4/15 deadline then you get hit with penalties and interest.BTW, I have a brother-in-law who is an IRS auditor, filing late absolutely does reduce your chances of a randomly chosen audit.

I think that given a little more time, this could be a useful tool.Best comps are from the MLS and second best come from auditor data criss-cross databases.

If you want to do it yourself then try http://zillow.com or your county auditor's website for recent sales of similar houses.So after you have the comparable sales data you will want to estimate the cost of repairs to the house.

I started in the industry working in the back end in the loan servicing department and later moved to the front end as an auditor.

I know that you can find the owners on auditors web sites, but in the event that you can't or that its a finance company, how do you find the owners?

I am just starting out in real estate and I wanted to offer this site for help with getting the auditors office in each county through out the US. http://www.netronline.com Also I wanted to ask if there are any resources that any other members use to find out information about the properties such as any liens on the deed and finding out if the previous owner had a mortgage and things of that nature.

In Ohio, it sounds like our county auditor is like your assessor - they classify, document, and record the taxes and ownership on all property.

With auditors and regulators you are ALWAYS guilty until proven innocent.

Just be careful of dealer status with your flipping scenario.Apart from other issues the IRS auditor didn't like another LLC being paid management fees but it passed after scrutiny (including the operating agreement etc) along with the rental by the S-Corp of LLC owned office space, tools, mileage allowances etc.