Obviously, we can get some information via the web but I feel like this is not enough. 

In the Results link click on your address where there are various tabs and click on Neighborhood Sales.If you have a hard time with technology, you can always ask friends or family members to help you navigate the web to do some research about property values in your area.If you do find yourself entertaining an offer from an unsolicited investor:Ask to obtain, and keep, a list of the comparable property sales in your neighborhood the investor used to come up with their purchase price offer.Always keep someone else in the loop – your children, good friends, or someone you trust.Always know that you can seek legal advice – in the end, it might be worth the money you spend on a consultation with an attorney.Review the contract closely to see if it is assignable.

Click on it and type "tenant screening" and you will get hundreds of threads discussing this very issue.Or you can go to Google and type "tenant screening" and find dozens of web sites offering this service.

As to where to find information about liens, it offers this information: "Liens and other recorded documents may be researched at the Sacramento County Clerk Recorders' web site at....

You could ask a local Realtor for contact info if you can't find it with a web search.It might help to know that there isn't one single MLS.  

I've not used one but I'm seeing them more and more on web sites.

Some of the pros: among all the PM companies I reached out (lazily, through email or web forms), they were the only company that responded, and did some in a timely manner (I reached out over the extended weekend, they called first thing Tuesday).

usually 10 days if not filled in. terminate for no  reason within your due diligence phase.now as it relates to those that are trying to flip contracts and use no or little EM and dont give a rip about anyone but themselves.. then i can see all sorts of weasel clauses and they can be what ever you think up..

Obviously if you defraud people or something that's totally different, then the county DA would look at it, but in the process of a real estate transaction only the commission has say.

@Angela Russo we are actually only doing form fill campaigns at the moment (I am working on a website at the moment and am actually taking a class on web development to help as well).