In the Austin Texas metro, zoning is a big deal as it will have a major impact upon the supply of housing in a submarket. 

I also live in the Metro East.

@Danny Van Warren is one of the most strict municipalities to work with in Metro Detroit. 

I requested the water and sewer maps from metro, but this time it was different than usual.

Excerpts from a good article in the Austin business journal on Austin's metro hottest submarkets."

Louis and now live in the Metro East (I tell people I'm bi-lingual: I can speak "Missouri" and "Illinois").

I would have saved few thousand dollars in inspection fees and appraisal fees if I had known that and I had a friend send me detailed videos.I'm not sure if this information is available in all counties but where I bought in the Indianapolis metro area, I can look up property tax records.

I'm from and currently live in Marietta, GA (NW metro Atlanta).

1% Earnest money is the norm here in the Austin Texas metro.

@Chris Kittle make sure you understand the Class of the property, so you can use appropriate vacancy + tenant nonperformance percentages.We recommend:Class A 5%Class B 10%Class C 20%Of course, we base this on our Metro Detroit market, so you may want to validate for the market for this property.