Find out the relevant codes that would apply.Then, you need to look at those applicable codes.  

Until I realized I need to utilize my creativity, ingenuity, number crunching forte, ability to sell and impeccable customer service skills.  

It is speculative in that you are not building a custom home for a specific buyer, just speculating (obviously based on market analysis) that there are buyers in the area looking for what you're going to provide.

If not, you can usually get it from your title company's customer service department or your real estate agent usually has access to a tax database that reveals owner's names.If this property is the only property that person has ever owned in that county, and their name isn't John Smith, it should be easy to figure out what documents pertain to that property.

If you use the same closing company you can ask them for an investor or frequent customer discount.

If so, you can call their customer service line to ask your questions about title.Maybe you can get a preliminary title report, which would be even better.Without more information, the explanation that makes the most sense to me is that the owner bought a junior foreclosing lien in 2007.

This belief/perception is oftentimes related to the customs or culture of the people involved.

I have to work twice as much to show my tenants that I am not a slum lord and that I will treat them like a paying customer.

Marketing is all about relevency.

Read and understand relevant LOCAL Landlord/Tenant law, then act accordingly.