My understanding is that it scrapes the data from the MLS Rental Listings as well as Apartment Sites and Craigslist (and other various sources) to give you an idea what the rental rates are in a particular location for a particular property size and type. 

I hope I can learn from you guys as well as the site!

In houses with exterior slope towards house, I like a passive approach; exterior French drains (I'm not a fan of sump pumps--they can fail). 

I usually go on various advertising sites, take my time to find the best quote and the best quote gets the job.

Interestingly, there have been several BPO's done, with walk through and everything, and the highest, and most recent value came in at ~580K.The failed Short Sale was actually approved by the servicer for $480K.I suspect this has to do with the Non-Performing status of the mortgage, my mother's age, and Massachusetts being a tenant/occupant friendly state.I had to terminate the arrangement of this Short Sale when I finally acquired unbiased legal/realty counsel, and realized that the sizable return (700K - 475K = 225K) would not only be an act of fraud for us to receive, but that the buyer was likely misleading us into thinking we would get this money.Since then, I really started doing my research, and am very interested in pursuing Real Estate Investing thanks to all of the hard lessons I've learned.I organized an off market pool of cash investors, and showed the house and took offers. 

Where I live in Ohio it is listed on the county auditor site.

They have a meet up set up so you may want to check that site. 

Love this site.

I may just need a fire inspection but the stpl.gov site isn't clear.

I really love this site and I appreciate all of the posters, bloggers, pod-casters, webinar folks and on and on.