In his semi-monthly newsletter, he’s identified a few areas of the country as bubbly, but there is one that has become ridiculously over-priced: San Francisco.I won’t spoil the details in his “Campbell Real Estate Timing Letter”, but I’ll pull out one public statistic from the Case-Shiller Index, and expand deeper on it.

In Maryland  www.homedatabase.com is the public version of the MRIS system here. 

If you look at the public record of your subject property you will see any assignments of the mortgage or deed of trust which will tell you the legal owner of the loan.  

I have plans to pass the CPA exam and become a Certified Public Accountant before May of 2017.    

My employment history has been rich and varied, including long stints as a bookseller, charter bus driver, and over 12 years across one university library and three public library systems.

Checked in public records and indeed, found that in April someone filed Lis Pendens against of my property.

I wanted to run this deal by some people on the forums to get some advice from people wiser than I on this.Here are the details on the property:Located in western Maryland - old coal mining town; weak but seemingly steady economy; lots of blue collar workers8 units - 2 bedrooms in each unitEach unit rents for $500-550 (one unit rents for $400...special deal for tenant with current owner)100% occupancy = $49,800 gross rentals/year (not including laundry below)Comes with laundromat on first floor - 6 washers, 6 dryers; open to public; current income unknown to owner, but estimated by me at $250/moTaxes:  $2,800/year ($233/mo)Owner-covered utilities:  $7,200/year ($600/mo)Insurance:  $2,700/year ($225/mo)About 1,000-1,500 sq ft of unfinished garage space on the first floor that is not being utilized.  

I am trying to find sold price history for properties in Houston, TX and I can find some of them on Redfin.com but sometimes they won't have the information. Are there other sites online where they may show this?

You can use public records to see what other investors have paid for homes prior to fixing up and what the property sold for after renovations were done for fix and flips.

The guideline for the general public is 28% of GROSS income.