However; what you can do is look up the number of permits that are pulled from the building department, most cities have that online now. 

With technology being so prevalent, is it impossible to find and close on a deal completely online while only using a friend to view the property (for due diligence purposes) in the area where the deal is located?

It has a list of names and then columns for D.O.D and D.O.PI'm guessing D.O.D stands for date of death and D.O.P stands for date of probate.

Therefore if someone books one of the single rooms it blocks the dates on the fulls space while keeping the other single rooms open.

I've read online that you can further reduce the capital gain by adding others to the ownership.

I went straight to the sellers agent because I was told through an online inquiry that there was an offer on the property that was being accepted.

For full disclosure: I have invested a very small amount in GF to date and plan on increasing my investments by quite a bit in the coming months.

If the lien is old enough that could certainly change the way you approach things... in these parts that lien would expire 10 years and 1 day from last record date, and if not re-filed you would be in the clear.

I had violations issues, worked on them, called inspector to try to extend the due dates, and never hear back from him, until I received a summons to court.

That group really keeps people up to date on landlord law and also upcoming legislation that may affect landlords.