The survey compiled by https://ocindex.net/rankings ranked all nations and The US was the 129th safest place to live. 

Thank you all for the advice, I've gotten keywords setup and I'm compiling a list of topics I want to dig deeper into as I read.

I have been working with contractors, the city, the intermediary entity for the NMTC, a small handful of banks, and a few RE agents to get all of the information compiled for the business plan and financial outlines.  

I'm certainly not going to freely hand out information that took me years to compile and is a constant ongoing process - good contractors go bad all the time. 

However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics does compile this information on a metro area level, see the link here:   https://www.bls.gov/eag/Hope that helps.

Then compile a list of companies that would be "BP Certified".Your thoughts?

You can also buy lists from companies like list source and there are some REI software companies that have a cash buyer search feature.Best way to find motivated sellers is to purchase lists and compile lists from city and county for 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, probate, divorce, high equity, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media.

I have full mls access with tons of great deals that I have located and I have also compiled a list of investors in my area.

I have heard the same thing about apartment owners & managers compiling a list of unwanted evicted tenants and have run into some issues with doing this.

While you can get data directly from the county, it tends to be less efficient (whether measured in time or money) then buying it from a public records compiler / reseller.