However, that is still a bit restrictive for my personal taste.

I consider it a subsidy because of what the banks did with the money.It's the governments fault for not making restrictions on it and merely offering SUGGESTIONS on how it should be used.

if your not allowed access to see how extensive the damage is you have to figure on total replacement of entire area.

We've lost out on a good number of houses because of the banks putting restrictions on investors putting in offers for the first 15-30 days on foreclosures.

The area is very walkable with plenty of access to public transportation as well.

First of all I want to say that a realtor did give me access to the MLS but I do not see any way on here to search for sold properties.

I think access to a good team (management, contractors) and a good tenant pool (researching demographics, economics etc) of an area are important too.

We recently received a title commitment and Schedule B shows an exception for some restrictive covenants from 1948.

I a different note, can I use the house a place to store the property and allow previous owner access to get their property out.

And usually you will be able to gain access to such list at no charge, you just have to call the city up and ask for the "code enforcement" department (as it's usually referenced regardless of city).