Here in Texas some tax appraisal websites are notoriously slow about updating ownership info.

I'll tell you the costs then tell you my experiences.Patlive is apparently the most recommended answering service out there by many many real estate circles as well as some investor friends I know.Cost is normally 100$ a month + 1$/min.I myself have used these services and found out that they are notorious for not "answering" at some critical times.

These bad experiences were easy to prevent: taxes in Shaker are notoriously high plus POS with 200% in escrow etcArea of Cleveland Hts north off Noble also is widely known: bad combination of high CL.Hts taxes and Cleveland schools.All it would take a honest decent RE agent to warn him......but Nobody did.I’m not trying to market myself - I have hands full and won’t take on new clients......I just feel bad that people avoid investing all together only because they didn’t know the location!

The police agency I work for is notorious for not covering damage that we cause.

I know people in Nashville (crowned best market for REIs by BP) who are killing it in a market that is notoriously short on deals.

In my area they are notoriously difficult to negotiate with. 1.)

Though they are losing some control, they are trying to get this life-cycle economy into its retirement phase.Though most are flourishingly unaware of it, Boomers are insatiably ravenous consumers (and notoriously awful savers). 

Everyone has different criteria, but typically I'm staying away from states requiring licensing, long foreclosure times or hefty foreclosure costs, problematic counties to work with (Cook County is notorious).

Anything along Sunrise, within a couple blocks north or south is notorious for crime.  

Of course, even an attorney well versed in that area of law may not know what will or will not pierce the corporate veil, as structures have never been tested yet, and even then - courts are notorious for doing the unexpected....