Walk two blocks East or West and the same area could look drastically different. 

Sometimes they will walk over to their rentals just a few blocks away and you can see how they renovate them and what they are getting for rent.

If it wasn't on the MLS and you had a motivated seller, then you could possibly play ball butt I would walk away from this.

thx for all the info i plan to start doing the drive bys next weekend for now i am looking on GPSat the different areas that the homes are available I'm thinking massapequa because its not to far out from the city and i see a lot of big boats out there so i basically for now because since I'm not to familiar with real estate on long island I'm looking to see which houses have the biggest boats in the back because I'm thinking the more big boats the more rich people and possibly the demand will be higher when i do decide to flip the house... i guess ill pick my houses first and than look into the municipalities that they are located in because i plan to have a list of 5 or 6 homes that i WOULD BUY but just buy the one that is at the best bid because i don't want to do all the homework and get into a biding war over one house so i plan on having a range of options so i don't overpay or walk away empty handed

If the government  walks in one day and says "no more repatriation of profits off of your real estate to the 49% owner in the US, until we say further"  that is what will happen.  

I just need to make sure I buy as low as I possibly can or walk away from the deal.

While I've done many walk-troughs before on Quad/Tri/Duplexes as well as SFHs I've never done a walk through on a 10 unit apartment building before.What do I need to look out when doing my inspection of the building.

So for those who do decide to proceed with lesser quality data sets be warned that you may be walking into a situation where the documents are not available as well.  

The house is only a block away from ours, and I walk by it every day going to and from the school where I teach.  

I could see footprints from people who had walked through previously!