For example your state's law might require a prior owner who resided in the property to be notified in person but they may not have been able to locate and serve them notice or an interested party may have been notified at the wrong address.

They are doing it because the lender is requiring them to, so might as well spin it into conservatism and positive messaging.But at the end of the day, the bigger tell to me, as I am learning the hard way, is fees.  

The property required $40,000 in renovations, presenting a clear opportunity to add value.

Use simple online tools like BiggerPockets to pick apart property details.

We've put feelers out online (like care.com) but haven't received any responses.

They are not cheap and obviously require some kind of cellular plan, but I was able to get them to work using Mint mobile (you need a phone to activate the sim card on first, like an old iphone) Ive had 3 of these up watching a property in Cleveland, OH for well over a year, and Ive only had one issue where I needed to go check on the camera itself, (the plug for the solar panel came disconnected and just needed plugged back in) This camera in particular is nice because its actually 2 lenses that capture the full 180 degrees, so one cellular plan for "2" cameras.

Yea, just was asking in case people had success with other things such as storage facilities or other things that do not require a lot of parking.

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?

For the baseball cards, you can go online and see how much they go for.Congratulations!

And, of course, we each get to invest small amounts to participate in deals that would otherwise require a lot of money to invest in.