If you have the address, name of the owner or parcel number, you can pull up the tax record.You can also click on the GIS map from the County page, if available, and check the property acreage, measure the lot, check flood zones, zoning, and more. 

1) Ignorance of the law2) Ignorance of costs3) Inability to understand and properly measure the risk involved with an investment.

I am wondering at what time period the COC is measured and if the initial COC is below 10% but grows to 15% or 20% or more within 3-5 years is that an acceptable return for a buy and hold investor?

@Angelo Van I am a big fan of the 1% rule; it is my first measure after the neighborhood.

So actually not that different when measured against income. 

It's very hard to measure lost opportunity cost.  

The aim of my post was to ask if there are any other options besides a commercial loan and if none, then what is the best way to process for a commercial loan. 

One measurement that most of the management companies are bragging about is their low vacancy rate.

. :) It will strengthen you to have those surrounding you knowing this is your aim.

But by the time we were discharged, we were financially depleted, having resorted to desperate measures to pay our attorney for the bankruptcy.