I want to find out what the problems are before they become my problem.Try searching around on the web.

Maybe your skills are in web design.

(I used a simple html code to hide the crazy free web address given by moonfruit)I then set up a free site on moonfruit.

Bill, I am in web development and have "decent" credit, though I haven't checked in a while.

Why do I see 1000's of posts about direct-mail/outbound maketing but relatively few about inbound/web marketing?  

It has to be in the area where potential renters want to live.Now, you mentioned unclean titles and I happened to stumble upon this web site that seems to offer tax foreclosures:https://voarllc.com/property/1943/Is this something to consider or stay away?

What are the best web sites to pull information from about a given area?

First and foremost there are TONS of crappy unreliable contractors out there, and generally as investors we might get suckered in as they often are also the cheapest. 

Call the university housing office and ask what options the students have and how many total units there are available for students.It would probably help to lookup a few owners of other properties like that in the same building on the county web site.

"The Property" is 8 individual parcels of land, one parcecl with a cabin within a community that when asked (emailed president) question regarding HOA responded with, "Byllaws posted on web site regarding obligation for road assessments only.