We found a house on Homepath's website which was perfect for a student rental in Phoenix.

If a company like that doesn't have a WEB SITE and PHONE NUMBER so you can contact them, I would be highly suspicious.That text you back thing is ridiculous.

Heck, if you do not mind me installing a keyless entry, I would build a web site for the property, pay for listing and handle all bookings and automatically email you every booking agreement as well as give you access to a web based system so you can see the details of all the costs involved in your property for 10% :)!

Thanks Ali (and i'm very wary of making something look too good to be true)...have already reached out to listing agent to get utilities, water, sewer, etc. and have researched taxes on the town treasury website.

These can begins on Craigslist and other FSBO website.

I feel like for my area I would like to "hang" my license (after I take the broker course) with ReMax, but there website doesn't have much information or an apply now button, so who do I contact?

Michael Plaks you can google his name for his website since BP won't let us post links here.

I've done some googling and it's just conspiracy theory websites that I've been able to find.

I have used the below link to do a lot of early-stage background checks on people:

http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiry-index.jsp

I noticed today that when I looked up a person, it showe...

What I am finding a little difficult now, is I'm not sure I understand where exactly to go to find distressed homeowners on the county websites including but not limited to back taxes and code violations...