The house was likely also shown on zillow and realtor.com so the data is public records.

Unless your paying this lawyer to do your due diligence for you.. ( which is going to be pretty expensive route)So much of what you need to know is free and on  line or a simple walk into the public agencies.

@Jack RandallSorry to say, most in public investor forms believe investing begins with guru books, podcasts, videos, or strategies to buy or sell real estate. 

You will have more respect from the general public and often they will be more willing to deal with you just because of the license aspect.

I'd love to be able to determine if the data is available, either for purchase or publicly available.  

Such identification and publicity creates organic growth that in turn helps them scale even more.

The tragedy has raised a number of questions (in my head) about liability as a commercial property owner, and as a leasee, particularly given the laundry list of complaints and citations against both of those parties (whose names have now been publicized).

Complications: BK, modifications, lack of service; service thru publications; 

We've found houses on Craigslist and auction.com but typically by the time properties get on the market or become public, the best deals are gone.

I will not go into detail about how to generate such lists, as that would also defeat the purpose for me, but will say to just think about what different conditions would lead to a seller (with significant equity) needing to sell quickly, what documentation, signs, and/or public records would such a condition produce, and therefore how would you go about locating those sellers.