At first, I was looking on the counties online public record but unfortunately I will have to search for individual addresses and after doing some more research I came across that is possible to get a listing through the MRIS.

I have seen online banks that yield 1.5% APY.

It is like a little minicity that sprung up out of nowhere with a downtown area with bars, restaurants, shopping, surrounded by a mix of single families, townhouses and condos. 

Hello All,  I am out shopping for an affordable property insurance for a 27 unit gated complex in Austin Texas.I have owned it close to 10 years with zero loss runs and 0 claims.

When I don't know something I just look it up from reputable sources online and also quite a few of my college roommates work in finance and can get answers on things like Libor nuances for example.

Take the course (in person or online if its offered) and then practice the end of chapter tests until your eyes bleed. 

And that would lead to my best suggestion for cutting costs: Let someone else (a mail house or an online outfit like Click2Mail) perform the labor tasks for you.

If, while he was there with you, the contractor got the notion that you were shopping for bids, he may have decided he would be wasting his time and decided not to even bother preparing one. 

Any recommendations of courses to do so would be a great help also, I found a few online.

The info is all available for you online.