so I walked through the house and it was a heep it had a shell built around the original house for what I do not know to hide flaws maybe it was not level anywhere and the walls were not plumb and the foundation was pretty bad it looked as though the foundation shifted the whole house out of wack and on top of it all they painted over old cracked vinyl siding on the garage and the house itself lol o well onto the next I guess...I was excited to start my first deal but a bad deal is a bad deal and I'll continue to look ...any suggestions on places to look besides the mls, trulia, zillow ...?

I would want to know what the current rents are at the house, walk through it, find out why the sellers are selling and try to uncover any issues (old roof, furnace, foundation etc) before putting in an offer.

DD can't uncover crafty fraud or 1/3 of the park are distant relatives planing on moving after closing...

Correct me if I'm wrong but the fundamental flaw with the First Look program(or any similar program) is the banks want the end buyer to be the OO but THEY CAN'T QUALIFY on the banks terms.Enter: Investors.Am I wrong in my thinking?

No telling what you would uncover if you removed it.

There was really no way of knowing there was an addition and remodel to the kitchen except for extensive rehab uncovering the mystery.

I did a bit more digging and uncovered some information on the government's website.

They have no obligation to tell the truth or to benefit anyone other than themselves.People should realize that they are biased and ignore their figures.This is why, no matter how flawed they may be, gov't numbers are the only ones you can pay any attention to.

The question is flawed because what someone considers an A property is completely subjective.

BP has been great for uncovering more custodians that can handle a checkbook setup than I was aware existed.I have an old 401k that when I left a company 20 years ago, I rolled into an IRA rollover.