Given that I'm not positioned to buy just yet, and simply running the numbers, is there a rule of thumb for estimating insurance costs that would make sense in Cook County?

Would that be, for example, if the PM says, "I manage a duplex for John Smith in Turlock," then I call John as a reference, ask John a few questions, and then ask John the address of his duplex so I can later look it up on the county website and verify if he is the owner?

My current town/county does not have much work.Sorry for the long post, and thank you in advance for any input/comments.

Hi All,I just closed on a SFR in Cincinnati (Hamilton County) and our property taxes will increase significantly.

Refer to your state, city and county resources for any required items, or recommended inspections. 

We specialize in auction properties all over Ohio but specifically in cuyahoga county.

Hi, pre foreclosure in all of its permutations, before the bank sends Notice of Default (NOD) or efter which is state even county dependant but often starts a 4 week clock till the trustee auction are the 2nd most difficult deal scenario and IMHO only experienced investors should bother, the 1st most difficult deal scenario are bidding at the court house steps on lord only knows what is being auctioned off sometimes even 2nd mortgages, you need to do so much home work to attempt to reduce your risk at the court house steps...Pre foreclosure no one talks about these issues, always about the nice sounding stuff like "motivated seller" get a good deal etc etc both are usually not the case.- 95% of folks in pre or post NOD want to stay in their house, keep their house inspite of them 100% will loose the house at the auction. 

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This happens all the time, when I worked in Boston and outside the city in some counties there would be land swaps that occurred.

Hi John,I like playing with raw land, too, in Snohomish county, WA, just north of Seattle.