I'm not sure which direction that will lead but I am enjoying looking at the data.

Sounds like you're missing key information by saying "I don't believe I will be eligible for a traditional loan".... get that piece of data by applying for a loan at multiple lenders before assuming you can't.

I'm currently narrowing down my Townships and trying to scour data/street views/physically walking + driving through prospective towns.Look forward to reading some of the responses, I especially want to learn from your mistakes!

I was in commercial sales and then oversaw a Multifamily investment portfolio of 700 units across 75 properties 100 mill in value.

It is invaluable local experience on rents and costs personalized for your potential property.   

You can link your accounts up so the data is refreshed and updated in real time. 

It's old, but it was a good book for getting in the mindset of using data to interpret/understand/solve problems Hopefully one of these you never heard before, but I imagine they all made it onto the famous four many times

Cold calling is a bit dated IMO, go with SMS and get some data driven tools to increase your efficiency my dude 

My mom bought these vacant lot properties in Phrump, NV and Kingman, AZ 15-20 years ago thinking that they would appreciate in value.

I think there's a list on the county website, but I'd probably have to write some scripts to scrape the data (it's not in a user-friendly format) and jump through a lot of hoops to get it myself.