I looked up the property tax on the county assessors web site and updated his number to the current year.It’s all part of due diligence.  

Thank you for the web-sites.. i will definitely check them out.

However, I want to make sure that if I decide to go with Carrot or Lead Propeller, that I am able to move my website (web name) to another hosting site, etc. if I am not happy with IC or LP.

They actually buy the appliances at retail and do their own tests, and they don't accept advertising.They have a Web site, but you have to be a subscriber to see their rankings. 

When i read the web, i read horror stories about most of them-Ashton woods, Lennar, DR Horton...are there any good builders around who are not cutting corners?

What are good web sites to check out?

I'm launching my new brokerage, Evolve Realty, and am looking for an optimum web platform for the website.

This data is public info on the web.

The current web/app based services are all handling credit card transactions primarily.

@Daniel Coleman One way to avoid someone posting your plans on the web as well as making it clear that they are looking at a bid set is to apply a big transparent red watermark saying "NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION" on them, a program like bluebeam makes adding something like this to every sheet a quick task.