I would urge any hold buyer investor to do extensive due diligence about any area they considering buying in prior to purchase.

However, I did see once instance where the deed had to be signed by heirs who were minors when the estate was first probated.

In many instances, it would be misleading not to complete the income approach.

I have an extensive background in stocks and I know that Jim Rogers is a very well respected individual.

I work extensively with these kinds of questions with my client, 100% of which are real estate investors looking to protect their assets.

For instance, 51% must be owner occupied.

For instance, if you are looking to see who the contractors or developers are on certain projects, you can probably access that information through the Building or Planning Department website (you usually search by address) To find out what companies are moving in, you might try the business journals, or the local newspapers business section, Chamber of Commerce, etc. 

For instance, I have a large studio apartment and normally expect one person to occupy it but often get a couple renting it- I charge $25 more since the utility usage will be higher- I have averaged out the water usage per month per person and that's what it comes out to.  

For instance, Galveston county requires you to drive it to the post office every 180 days to make sure it's road worthy.

What you're contemplating is a normal extension of what you are already doing.