Columbus has become a major tech hub in the midwest with large companies like Intel investing $20 billion, Amazon investing $3.5 billion, Google building 2 new data centers: one in downtown Columbus and the other in right outside of U.S. 33 in Lancaster.

Some require you to visually read them while others have data output that could be sent somewhere. 

I see TWO major concerns with getting preforeclosure data from aggregators like PropStream:1.

It sounds like what you want is Zillow's zestimate, which is usually in the ballpark but for some of those reasons above not entirely reliable and they have most of that data already brought in for them to use. 

Disclosure: In all of our deals we want to give all the data with all of the options.

It sounds like in California, no you cannot get records of people who have had their water turned off unless you can convince "..the utility... that the public interest in disclosure (of these records) clearly outweighs the public interest in nondisclosure.”The paragraphs below are from here https://firstamendmentcoalitio...Unfortunately, there is a specific exemption under the California Public Records Act that exempts from disclosure “the name, credit history, utility usage data, home address, or telephone number of utility customers to local agencies,” though it goes on to state that such information may be made released “[u]pon determination by the local agency that the public interest in disclosure of the information clearly outweighs the public interest in nondisclosure.”

Some of the strategies I've used in the past are:-comparable sales data nearby-take pictures to show damage or deteriorating conditions of the property-show low rental income or conditions if applicableAny advice would be appreciated.

I do respect their data guy, John Bianchi, though. 

What I do know is there are plenty of other markets in the Midwest (I have 9 doors across Memphis and Detroit) that will cash flow immediately and based on the data I'm seeing, has appreciated more than areas like LA/Seattle/Bay Area in the last 5 years.You also bring up airbnb which is a viable option to cash flow. 

If it can't meet the requirements it will pull data that is outside the parameters to fulfill the request.