Hello Community,I would love to hear from anyone who knows what public information is recorded in the tax assessors office,  and also what kind of information specifically for real estate investors are useful.

The City of Edmond, for example, does a great job with their city planning and protecting the long term property values, so be prepared to make adjustments to the original plan. 4 - Most of the local builder have contracts that can be used, although we'd always recommend having your attorney review the documents. 

I’d have a lawyer draft up the MLO to give you the protection in the event of death, probate.

I don't think you will get any assurance walking into this deal so you should proceed with caution.The government will force a land sale when it is in the best interest of the public however they will contact the owner of the property and a price will be established. 

The investments can then be placed under the LLC umbrella.To learn about the Roth IRA transfer restriction to a 401k plan, see the following. https://www.irs.gov/publications/p590a#en_US_2014_publink1000231050

I learned many things about real estate that I didn't know about, even simple things such as pulling public records of homes and seeing how much a person paid for a property as well as seeing the current year's value assessment of a home.

The only thing new here is that with Zillow the garbage AVM number is publicly visible.

I questioned the necessity of it and he said that I need it for protection and the homeowner's policy won't work since I'm doing some renovations. 

I'm not so sure the banks are irrational but what do I know...There is nothing to "Bid" on until/unless it goes to public auction so, no, you can't bid on it.

Roman is correct, except the tax certificate/deed route doesn’t give you possession....it just sends it to public auction where you have to bid against everyone else.