With the basics you can do some research on the web and quickly find out a great deal about the values and the area.

The income approach, the value of the property is estimated using the income, the property is expected to produce in the future.You will find that this method is mostly used on commercial and multi unit property types but works well when selling a property that a buyer wants to hold and rent.You will find a great web site with tons of data free at:http://www.huduser.org/datasets/fmr.html"You're never a loser until you quit trying."

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However, the rates also seem high.As a comparison, I pulled investment property rates on amerisave.com, a low-cost national web-based lender, and the rate that has zero points (and $450 of total *lender* fees) is 4.00%.

They seem awesome by the info on their web pageThanks so much in advance

It's kinda discouraging seeing how easy it seems in the US, and how close it seems to breaking the law in Canada... but according to some youtube videos and web pages, people here are doing it.  

A Listing agent will do more than just post your house on the web.

One came up a for foreclosure, 3 have no data available with some quick web searches and like an idiot, I didn't make notes on which ones were vacant and which ones were in poor condition, so I'll figure what others were vacant later with google maps. 

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Researching on the county web site showed a map of the area and how this parcel was in a zone designated "Geologic Hazard" because the slope was over 30%.