It Sounds like a decent deal assuming it’s on city sewer and water.

It sounds like what you want is Zillow's zestimate, which is usually in the ballpark but for some of those reasons above not entirely reliable and they have most of that data already brought in for them to use. 

Hey @Alex Ferranti, Trust me, you are not struggling; it's just not as easy as it sounds or as gurus portray it online.

And in their contract, this clause is in effect for 180 days after the renter exists the lease but then buys the property.

Strategies for House Rules, Pet friendly, Housekeeping as well as pricing strategies are all discussed and this book offers sound recommendations. 

It sounds like in California, no you cannot get records of people who have had their water turned off unless you can convince "..the utility... that the public interest in disclosure (of these records) clearly outweighs the public interest in nondisclosure.”The paragraphs below are from here https://firstamendmentcoalitio...Unfortunately, there is a specific exemption under the California Public Records Act that exempts from disclosure “the name, credit history, utility usage data, home address, or telephone number of utility customers to local agencies,” though it goes on to state that such information may be made released “[u]pon determination by the local agency that the public interest in disclosure of the information clearly outweighs the public interest in nondisclosure.”

This does not sound like the greats deal.

Sounds to me like you are already doing the right steps... 3 tips are:1. 

Sounds like a win.

That still sounds like a win to me.