I like niche.com to give me a sense of schools and safety.

But if you're like one operator I know, it just makes the most sense and he has an entire in-house cleaning team.

Recommendation for @Yonah Weiss - I did a consultation but our property value was much less than you are looking at, so the cost didn't really make sense.

Also I wanted to ask what tool are being used to know if a property will make sense and bring in profits for short term rental and what area should I focus on with a $250k budget.Thank you all !

They are usually very familiar with Garn St Germains Act.I hope this makes sense how I am describing it. 

Are there common resources out there that would have foundation statistics about different neighborhoods?

and knowing it is about $4K to remove the tree, does it still make sense financially to buy the house?

We took title as LLC1 + LLC2 as tenants in common. 

To be honest, we don't know exactly what we're doing (we have some, but limited experience), other then sensing God is leading us into the REI arena, and now we have set sail on this new journey to learn and flip homes (or land). 

Here are some additional details and common questions related to historic tax credits:Certified Historic Structure: To qualify for the historic tax credits, the building in question must be classified as a "certified historic structure."