That's why RE school is a good thing, you'll learn the flow of transactions, filings, tax assessments, title search information, liens filed and who grantors and grantees are.The topic has been covered here as well, search "courthouse leads" that may bring some materials up for you.Those who buy properties can be found in the records, private and hard money lenders can also be found.

Is there some kind of specific software or sources that they use to figure out things like cost per square foot, usable square foot/person, assessing the current state of the market or assessing their competitors??

I just blocked dozens more of their ads and urls.

or assessed value?

I had a condo at one point as a rental and sold it mainly because of the HOA fees and future HOA fees and assessments.

We develop certification tests for all industries and depending on the industry we know that certifications can be a dime a dozen based on the test development process.

Joel Owens, thanks for your detailed assessment.

Many years ago I used a local paper called The Daily Commercial Recorder - •http://www.primetimenewspapers.com/dcr/Tax Appraisal Districts:In my area, the tax assessed values provided by the tax appraisal districts are frequently useless unless you understand your area.

I have assigned nearly a dozen deals in the last 2 weeks from private sellers with no problem.

Isn't that a fair assessment?