I have plans to pass the CPA exam and become a Certified Public Accountant before May of 2017.    

My employment history has been rich and varied, including long stints as a bookseller, charter bus driver, and over 12 years across one university library and three public library systems.

Checked in public records and indeed, found that in April someone filed Lis Pendens against of my property.

I wanted to run this deal by some people on the forums to get some advice from people wiser than I on this.Here are the details on the property:Located in western Maryland - old coal mining town; weak but seemingly steady economy; lots of blue collar workers8 units - 2 bedrooms in each unitEach unit rents for $500-550 (one unit rents for $400...special deal for tenant with current owner)100% occupancy = $49,800 gross rentals/year (not including laundry below)Comes with laundromat on first floor - 6 washers, 6 dryers; open to public; current income unknown to owner, but estimated by me at $250/moTaxes:  $2,800/year ($233/mo)Owner-covered utilities:  $7,200/year ($600/mo)Insurance:  $2,700/year ($225/mo)About 1,000-1,500 sq ft of unfinished garage space on the first floor that is not being utilized.  

I am trying to find sold price history for properties in Houston, TX and I can find some of them on Redfin.com but sometimes they won't have the information. Are there other sites online where they may show this?

You can use public records to see what other investors have paid for homes prior to fixing up and what the property sold for after renovations were done for fix and flips.

The guideline for the general public is 28% of GROSS income.

In the hot market of Atlanta there is no such thing as a pocket listing anymore which if they existed at all it was a questionable practice by the broker to not publicly list every deal.I have a buyers agent that I use but I have not signed an exclusive agreement nor is there any need.  

Once a person is living in the tiny house or "shed" then it becomes their castle, and the city pressuring you to evict the "illegal tenant" becomes a matter of public interest to the feds, if that person living in the shed is your caretaker (takes out the trash because you have a bad back with doctor's note to prove it), or you are over the age of 60 ("apparently disabled" according to courts).  

This information is then available to the public for verification purposes in order to ensure that landlords are not raising rents more than permitted under the Rent Control Ordinance.