So I'll be visiting the historical society of another county to piece another puzzle together.

Just want to make sure I'm not missing a piece of this puzzle.

If at the end of the day, all "pieces of the puzzle" align, then I'd consider moving forward with the investment. 

I feel puzzled though it's like I have all the puzzle pieces sitting in front of me I don't know where to start.

The agreements you use, also, are a critical part of the puzzle. 

I rely on "propertyradar.com" for title search, than I pull a property profile for guidance at the county recorder's office to puzzle together loans and re-conveyances, foreclosure notices and releases but have not been able to figure out "how to" estimate default amounts on mortgage liens, for example I am currently looking at this HOA foreclosure schedule for 11-26-14 in which the estimated market value is $484, 397.00, with a standing senior mortgage of $103,000.00 issued on 7/16/2009 and the HOA default in the amount of $22,488.00; There is no other mortgage liens, judgments, special liens, notice of default or notice of trustee sale found and the starting bid is set at $24,950.00I do not know if current mortgage is in default, I just see every day how big players confidently bid huge amounts on this properties and think they would not do it without certain degree of confidence, in other words from my example above how can I estimate the maximum amount to bid if there is no certainty that the senior loan has 80 or 90 thousand dlls. in default, my experience is if someone else has defaulted on the hoa, most likely their mortgage is in default as well.

The biggest piece to the puzzle when you are in accumulation mode is recycling your capital.  

These are my favorite puzzles to work out!

This does create a negative impression of the U.S. when someone first lands here although, after being here for a while, you realize that this style of speech seems harmless for the most part and could just be a cultural thing.b) The bigger puzzle for me is why politicians and the media overwhelmingly portray the police as wonderful people who sacrifice so much for society, etc.

Go with your gut, and get referred to them by someone you trust.If you find any one of those listed above, from their experience, they themselves will be able to recommend many other pieces to the puzzle that they work with.BTW you can't leave out a good Cost Segregation guy from your team :)