It's worth trying if you already have an account since it's free, but I would never rely on it even if I had an account.

The information contained in this post is not to be relied upon. 

I then went on to bring in friends and family to buy the next few properties (they became down payment partners) but I would not recommend this if you do not have a solid team that you can rely on.

If they agree you would support them in that, but ultimately will rely on their experience for how to handle this.

I'm not going to rely on those knuckle heads to ensure anything, other than that my taxes will increase because of what they are looking at.I invest in two different towns that don't have a permitting process and direct you to the state.

I don't like relying on appreciation, especially in a relatively flat market like ours and California seems to have a large number of problems, affordability issues, consistent outmigration, etc.

Do NOT rely on GIS online, it's worthless, and sometimes the plot lines make 0 sense.   

I believe that would translate into a loss of a portion of the deductible expenses on taxes.

Eliminating fees will not immediately translate to reduced prices.

Percentages lie, and are very dangerous/misleading when you rely on them as a measure of success.