If the lake drops below 1,030, the state will be allocated 4,050,000 acre-feet.Here is an interesting article on water rights an allocations between Nevada, Arizona, California and Mexico: water rights newspaper articleSome things are city is doing to combat water waste:1) The Southern Nevada Water Authority will rebate $3 per square foot of grass removed and replaced with desert landscaping up to the first 10,000 square feet converted per property, per year.

Is it public domain, something I can get at a library or a newspaper?  

Unfortunately if you are looking at the legal notice published in the newspaper, I think typically that list of rules and procedures does not make it there.

Sometimes they will refer you to attorneys that handle the sales for them, so you may get shuffled around a bit.Also keep an eye out in the local newspaper for advertisements for sale. 

I called up the tax revenue department that conducted the sale, and they said that they published the sale in two different newspapers. 

Have any creditors, after the initial probate filing and newspaper publication, filed a claim against the estate?

This deal is probably cheap for a reason.If you subscribe to the times you click "My Account -> Newspaper Archive" and you can search back over 100 years.

Monthly index: Metrics show Bryan-College Station economy continues to perform wellBy KENNY WILEY  of  "The Eagle" Newspaper Nov 24, 2018The Bryan-College Station area's economy continues to hum along, according to an index that measures a number of economic factors and metrics.The metro area's unemployment rate, at 2.9 percent, is tied for the lowest rate of the century in the rapidly growing region.

There is also a great free newspaper for sub markets in Indiana called Court & Commercial Record – Your Public Information Source since 1895https://courtcommercialrecord.com

If so, we can just look at Dallas as a whole, and start our search in the counties/ZIPs that look most promising)These are the maps we created:FloridaMissouriGeorgiaMarylandNorth CarolinaVirginiaPennsylvaniaNew YorkColoradoTexasAfter looking at these maps, and reflecting on where we would want to live, we narrowed it down to the following 5 (in order of personal preference):Denver ColoradoThe San Antonio -> Austin TX CorridorThe Washington, DC to Richmond VA CorridorSouthern MarylandRaleigh-Durham, NCNext StepsWe are still discussing what our next logical step is...but we are fairly certain the next immediate step is doing a more qualitative analysis of the areas: reading business journals, reading local newspapers, investigating school and community development initiatives, investigating school quality, etc.With that qualitative analysis, we will likely eliminate another 1-3 cities, then plan to build our team and network with local investors After that, we will build our team in those cities and plan a visit to build relationships and vet properties.I hope that revealing part of our process helps at least one person, even if it's just learning something about your market from the HUGE CSV FILE I posted.Do you agree with this process?