I am not suggesting you over analyze this.I think you should pull the trigger.

I found my self talking to my mom the other day and she has been in the middle of a refinance and I started asking her what was the appraisal, how much are you pulling out, how much will you have left over, what will you owe and I actually was able to question like a pro it was pretty interesting.

I don't know how to access your specific county's online system, however this is what I suggest you do to get started:1) Unless involving a guardianship for a minor, probate cases of Decedent's estates are public information. 2) Ask to see the Registry of Actions or similarly title list of new cases3) Start with a single case, typically the most recent filing.4) Request to pull the actual file to review5) Review the folder and note the documents and the order in which they are inserted6) Don't even think of separating or removing documents. 7) Determine what data you need, including Decedent's name, case #, PR name and contact info, etc.8) Most researchers capture the data then scrub later.9) If this is too much work, either pay someone else, find a commercial list provider or work another niche.

What if that 50k equity that was pulled from it was then used to improve a property that was sold in 2014?

I have no experience in selling estates and the selling part prevents me from pulling the long awaited trigger.A good friend of mine has had some rentals in AZ, but he wants to partner up the cash part with fixed return assuming 6 month transaction and a monthly fee every month.Being an all in-house contractor, I think I could bring value add and create sweat equity in a major rehab, at least 10% of the ARV, the uglier the property, the better I can create.

trenchles line replacementHad that done from the clean-outs to the street;  these were clay pipes and easily split when the tool pulls the PVC from one end to the other.However, pipes in a slab most frequently are iron and you're not splitting those with a trenchless tool. 

If you refinance and pull money out, you will create a tax burden.

Anyway, I could go on and on about this guy.Last month his kids are by our driveway pulling rocks off the retaining walls and throwing them with other neighborhood kids.

The idea is you want a certain size metro ( gives you a potential " velocity " of tenants to be able to pull from.

Different tenants:  My employee saw him pull her inside while grabbing her arm and her hair.