There are an overwhelming number of avenues to do so, but deciphering which information to trust and implement has me baffled.  

Obviously, I know a lot could change when I get in the house with a contractor, but I’d like to figure out a way to decipher if the house is even worth pursuing in the first place.

@Dan Heuschele That's interesting that you do rent surveys regularly to decipher what qualities in a property are correlated to increased/decreased rent.

It is zoned as single family and I am having trouble deciphering the city's application for change of zoning. 

Hello everyone and I hope you are having a wonderful day. I am solidifying a larger residential  development within an Opportunity Zone in eastern Tennessee. Although I understand the premise of this program, I need...

That should fill in the gaps of what you can decipher from tax records.

this is hard to decipher, biggest thing it's a disguised instalment sale not a true lease option and had a Dodd Frank problem due to the rent credits.

He likely is not as astute on the lending laws there as Dion is, therefore I would propose the following: decipher what the real reason is for not keeping up with payments, it is likely an income and expense issue on the wrong ratio side.

It should pull up info on the subject.Finally, even a seasoned veteran has to use his/her experience or gut feeling to help decipher who is who or what is what.Big Henry

It's really important to get different views and to hear the same story from different points of view and then you have to decipher what may be the real situation.