In New England, everything except the registry of deeds is by town, so when in doubt, go to the town website, not the county.  

@Scott England he's putting everything together tonight, should have the rest of the information this evening/tomorrow morning.

if you reach out to a mortgage broker, they can help you with state specific loans. since you're in Maine, you can easily find ways to get properties in New Hampshire and Vermont but I'm not sure about anywhere outside of New England. good luck!

We were stationed in England, and bought our first house there. 

That's the magazine I believe Jon is referring to, and they say for a wood deck replacement, the average cost(in New England, not sure about your area) is just over 10k and you should see about 70% of that recouped.

@Jeremy England Well that's kind of complicated.

I am new to real estate and have been learning the basics of buy and hold and flipping, everybody where I live (England) is telling me that now is the best time to buy a house because of the market but I want to be able to determine this myself.Can anyone help me or direct me to a post that deals with this?

one street can be completely different from another (at least up here in new england). 

Hi everyone,I'm 21 years old and i have saved up a small amount of capital , and am aiming to have double this at least this time next year, I should be able to do this as I work as a Plumbing and heating engineer in Essex UkWhat I would like to ask is what is the best way of getting into real estate with 15,000-20,000 capital.I know the house and flat prices are extremely different between England and America.

@Jeremy England Thank you!