I am more inclined to want the interest than the property so I look for owner/occupied properties with a history of past redemptions and liens that are about to expire so there is a likelihood that the owner of that certificate may begin foreclosure so that he or she does not lose his or her investment and I will be bought out at that point. 

I can see most sales history if I look at both Trulia and Zillow (they are both spotty, but usually list enough different properties to give me an idea of sales data).  

If I go to a specific property on tax assessors website, I can see yearly tax history, but that would be very time consuming. 

Shorter job history only because they graduated college in the past few years.

It was fun to hear @Max Nussenbaum and @Tim Dingman chat about the history of the company and how that relates to their investments and rehab work in the New Center area. 

Good luck I invest in Detroit And the eastern suburbs and my advise is no your areas because and know the rental rules because if the city inspects your house and finds you need repairs or updatesand hit you with the lead paint inspections you 600 dollar house my quickly turn into 3500worth of fines.

Because they created the LLC entity type and have the best laws and history in upholding its protections.  

Demand- is being being outstripped by the low supply of affordable (=< 200K) single family homes (lowest inventory in history).

Track past project history (I want to be able all the data I've inputted into the program so I can use it to track and predict costs / schedules in the future)4.

Rockford does have a rich history, I mean we are the birth place of the sock monkey!