He knew them both and said they are no longer working for the county/city, but he agreed to dig deeper to find the permit.

But if you read it deeper it may only apply to investors who are purchasing homes under the NSP program, and not to all investors in general.

I have spent hundreds of enjoyable hours listening to Bigger Pockets podcasts,  and the new Money podcasts, and the new Business podcasts, as well as using the B.P. site to learn and delve deeper.

I'm currently trying to learn how to assess markets a few layers deeper than what you can see on the surface.I'm eager to understand what the underlying "first principles" are that lead to a market becoming good for buy and hold rental investing.

You also need to dive a bit deeper and figure out the real WHY.

So there are things that could kill the deal or make my offer significantly less if found out, but is that info delving too deep before showing that I am serious?

I've asked my sister to get me the address so I can dig a big deeper on the property.

With no back up plan you will just dig your self deeper.

It would by awesome to start a BP NZ connection for info on our market, there is so much involved in it, even more so in ChCh because of the earthquakes and massive land damage but within that is opportunities so I'm looking, I have to dig deeper, houses here are only worth buying if you intend on living in them, market value is too high therefore you are in the negative for any ROI...so I'm looking for duplex plus!...

Every state has their laws regarding owner financing, licensing for mortgage brokers, attorneys, etc. and it's important not to delve into that territory if you are unlicensed.