how would I go about checking for liens, back taxes and I'm assuming deferred maintenance is a visual inspection?

But I imagine these would be the best:1) Update your fixtures.2) Reglaze the bathtub.3) New blinds.4) Walkway.What those four have in common is that they are fairly inexpensive but increase visual appeal.

Call for his contact information.An inspector can be your best asset especially when dealing with out of town properties.Understand the difference between a full inspection and a visual.I often times have the inspector do a quick visual and give me a verbal reportWhen you a investing remotely (thousands of miles from your home base), an agent and inspector can be your eyes, feet and ears on that market.You can't know every market in the US, that is why you need to delegate to agents and inspectors.They will give you valuable information that you can use to negotiate a great equity transaction.CharlieBaltimore Maryland 

If you are driving and see visual indicators of deferred maintenance it may be looking into who the buyer and is trying to contact them.

Pictures will be added, but a general scope of work.Add interior wall to entry foyer to create another conference room for executive space Expand the windows in the front and replace with block windows to add more natural lightReplace front door, and make from columns more visually appealingAdd new monument type sign to the street frontIf we can get one approved by the city, get a new building signSome other interior improvementsHoping for a month to get it done, and we have a broker to re-lease the space.

I would consider an alternate shutter color to make it pop and possibly a more visually appealing front door. 

I recommend also making a "vision board", as a way to keep your goals in front of you visually.

Math cant discriminate.Attached is a visual of the equation I mentioned (click on it to enlarge).

Well if you have no deals, I think the “visual” will give you respect from sellers, and you want to close on the first visit, and you don’t want to waste your time, you had better put a lot of effort into how you look.For women, business suit, white blouse, or red blouse or blue blouse.Look like a banker or financial planner.

@Shetal Gandhias a programmer, you are likely ahead of most REI folks in terms of what you can do with data.mash yourself a simple geodatabase from redfin csv's or assessor shapefiles. get up on qgis (20 minutes) and make some visual databases for your programmer self.