The salesman would kindly guide me to a cheap used lot somewhere else.1st- I will wager that is not the 1st question a car salesman will ask you.

I've used it for a long time as a preliminary tool to help me find deals and it was good to me. 

ARe you talking about the preliminary title report or title commitment that you want reviewed prior to closing the deal... ?

They would not tell me why they denied our contractor due to 'privacy reasons' and would not tell me the eligibility requirements either of a contractor so I couldn't even do a preliminary filtering.

Very very preliminary.

Ran some preliminary numbers:School district: 1/1/1Age of house: 93 yearsAverage rent for 3 bedrooms within a mile radius for last 12 months from rentometer: $1266.The numbers are very uncompelling.

If so how did you pay them to do a preliminary design/cost proposal?

Closest thing for what you're looking for is probably www.tapetechs.com it's a paid service that uses VAs to scrub tapes in preliminary stages of due diligence.

I would wager this list would overlap neatly with towns with the least amount of appreciation in the country, and likely loss in value in real inflation adjusted terms. 

This is preliminary but I want everyone to be able to start making plans.