Also thinking of having an assessment done of existing plumbing and seeing if we can be more proactive and maybe have fewer emergencies. 

If you are just starting out, then the IRS will probably consider all your business income as self-employment income and you will be assessed payroll taxes on all the business income anyway regardless of whether your wife was an employee.  

Strategies such as direct mailing, probate, driving for dollars, networking, etc. will eventually yield off market deals and these are the only deals you could find that will cash-flow in a super hot market.Second, I'd like to share a thought that is true to any type of investing, real estate, stocks etc. and that is: "the masses are assess" if EVERYONE go to the west side why would you want to go there too?  

Lot value assessed at just under 15K.Foreclosed on in 2011; appears to have been vacant since.Never appeared on MLS list.ARV: 160-180K.

It would be great if this were available in an easy-to-assess graphical form.

HI - I am buying a townhouse unit and trying to assess whether the third bedroom is a legal bedroom or not.

This may be what they assessed it at but there's no way it could sell for $41,100.

If it's not on the assessment but it's on the property, than they first film for it.

I need help with the initial inspection process, taking pictures and assessing rehab costs of the properties that come through my funnel.

As you flip more homes, you'll find that your ability to accurately assess repairs gets better and better.