We paid for a real estate agent's time ($50 for an hour) to get a deep dive into the data they had available to them on the MLS. 

@Deeps Brar I chose to invest in Fresno because the deal was brought to me and it was a great deal. 

I hope you have deep pockets though to help cover the cost of this in the springs.

Water got 2 feet deep in the house?

Keep leverage low unless you have very deep pockets that you are willing to reach into.

Your friend should not be in this without a very experienced partner with deep pockets.

It get chance to have deep conversations with others that hopefully provide value.

@Jaysen Medhurst summarized it well with various deep rabbit holes you can go down, all different based on the local and state policies enacted.

Without deep local knowledge, it's not possible to deliver anything better than the random dart throw of Zillow - and those are often so far off as to be laughable.In the Boston area with an average sale price of $765K, being within 20% of the true market value 79.3% of the time means that the predicted error is $153,000 or less, except for 20.7% of the time where the error will be MORE than $153,000. 

@Dustin Mathenia,   When you buy a note a deep discount, getting paid back the full value of the note can be just as profitable as becoming owner of the property at less than market value.