Al Williamson - I love the idea of the moving walls . . . here's a cool video to spark your imagination even more:A Tiny Apartment Transformed into 24 Rooms

This is the 3rd year for me of observing, but also the year I gather the data from most of the counties with websites.

You should be able to look it up on line once you know what county the property is in.

Al Williamson,Linked for you:http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2997/blog_posts/22502-why-landlords-should-sponsor-block-partiesRaymond

You cannot discriminate against "Protected Classes" Source of income is not a federally protected class. the federally protected classes are: race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicapHowever some states or counties have instituted additional Protected Classes.

As an investor, I can't go as high as an owner-occupied offer, so now we're shaking the tree and trying to get our own listings.I've also been looking at out-of-state and out-of-county investment as a way to diversify as well as take the heat off.At least I'm glad I'm not the only one - LOL!

FMV and ARV are closely related and you can get an idea of the FMV from the county tax records of the property. =)

I'm hoping one of the Parker County brokers will work out, as I'd really like to become "THE" Parker County/Weatherford "we buy houses" guy.

In my research of county owned Tax Liens, I've found a couple that are for the common area of a sub-division (lake and park), and a townhouse community (street and parking lot).If I purchased the lien, and then ended up the the deed, could I say block access for the residents if they didn't pay me for my time, expense and some profit?

However since this is a SLO, you'd want to file a Memorandum of Option with the county courthouse to protect your position.