I imagine looking on the recorders website is a good start.

Can vouch for Andrew Schultz at Own Buffalo - he's managed my properties for 3-4 years now and in that short period of time I've run into just about every issue you can imagine; problems with toilet, trees falling in storm, trees falling a separate time and crushing a newly stained fence, roof leak, basement flooded, and a list of needy tenant issues - bottom line is Andrew Schultz probably saved my marriage.

@Jameson Sullivan,If you are qualified in first two respects I can't imagine that you couldn't get a loan as long as the loan amount isn't outrageous and you had the 3.5% down payment...which can also be gifted by family members.What is the expected purchase price of 4 flat and corresponding rents? 

Which sounds good in theory, but if something were to go wrong, I'd have to imagine you're putting yourself at a lot of risk.

I cant imagine they are very successful or get many deals with that type of customer service. 

Imagine it a bit shorter for your single story facade:https://i.pinimg.com/236x/51/1d/39/511d390350f72596ebc9bb57589a7e5e--traditional-exterior-timber-frames.jpg A nice box bay under a gable, with a standing seam shed roof:https://i.pinimg.com/236x/fc/94/c6/fc94c631e2df20dbb1fa117fea512c41--traditional-exterior-ranch-homes.jpg Example of a small, very shallow box bay with a shed roof (yours would be wider and taller), easy and inexpensive to build:https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?

So, as you can imagine, the scales are tipped in negative reviews...So you can't go off people's recommendations (or online reviews) but that is also why I spent so much time meeting with as many as I could, compared their services and quality of their advice, and lastly, their service fees.

@Jason Bott I imagine you can’t use hard money to buy fire damage properties then? 

I'd imagine it will have some impact. 

If the seller says it needs about 50 that may cut it to get it rental ready but to hit comps close to or in the 4s I would imagine it needs much more, you need to factor in the basement (does it need dug or finished), do you need central AC added, Id imagine comps in the 4s have both of these things, also have a contractor check out the mechanics and overall structure, it can be hard for even a seasoned investor to come up with the right rental estimate.