Looking for some experienced developers to help me out on this one.

@Stephen Lee tell me about it, I deal with bad wholesalers almost everyday!

@David Flores - AP247 has some tax delinquent data, but that's not really the most ideal use for the service.

You want to know about crime, owner occupancy, new developments, where are the businesses moving, where are people moving to, which areas are getting city investment, which areas are getting private investments, etc.

I'll share this with  my developers.

Michael, it depends upon a lot of factors.For people involved with REI, it depends upon what you want to do with the business as there are different tax rules based on type of entity.For holding rentals, I generally recommend an LLC if you are setting up an entity at all.For flipping and development, I generally recommend an S corp.For wholesaling, my recommendation would depend more upon your specific business.

I'm from the central coast of California and am working on developing a RE portfolio.

Listsource seems to be ideal for searching a whole city that meets filtered criteria.

Hopefully, others will have some (other) "bright ideas" for you to escape this mess, because living in a non-income-producing property, and buying more non-income-producing property, is not an ideal start!

Greetings,You have to first develop a criteria that will include type of house (condo, colonial, detached townhome), bed/bath count, year built, price range, etc.