Also, a custodian company told me that UBIT income for an IRA (as opposed to a Roth IRA) is essentially taxed twice: when you make the income, and then again later when you withdraw it from the IRA.

Most clerk of court Official Records searches have a function to search by legal description, as opposed to name.  

this opposed to what I usually do and buy and the top and sell at the bottom .. the results of this are poor..

We mostly stick to single fams right now, and we use cash derived from a line of credit cross-collateralized over a a few of our properties (as opposed to taking out loans to buy properties), so I really don't know what the rates and terms are for 3-unit purchase money right now.

Also, you stand a better chance of learning the "correct" (legal, ethical, respected) way to conduct your transactions as opposed to questionable guru tactics many (but not all) wholesalers seem to employ.

For example maybe the issue is not that the landlord is keeping rents artificially low but that walking on the living room floor is like walking on a boat and there's significant functional obsolescence throughout the assetLandlords do often keep their rents artificially low, but if you were a lender you would agree that someone throwing good money away is also a little insane and potentially suspect.So these are just a few of the reasons that you and/or your lenders and investors are forced to value your target property on how the property is actually currently performing.On the other hand, as opposed to doing a single valuation you should be doing a full pro forma.

Access hidden notes in the MLS (as opposed to syndicate information from realtor.com or redfin.com)4.

However, I am not opposed to selling now, which we may end up doing, and renting a place for that year or so until the right opportunity comes along.

Although I haven't done a deal yet, I'm truly looking to build a relationship-based business, as opposed to a transaction-based one. 

As opposed to a financed offer that is contingent upon approval, inspection, the bank dragging their feet.