You will be surprise next time you visit to Burleson, we moved to Burleson in 2008 and it has growing fast.

@Mike Hurney I could care less what my tenant does behind closed doors (provided it's not going to need a visit from people in hazmat suits).

Comps that I have been looking at are based of web searches, phone calls out to competing units, and physical visit to the competing units to see what is offered.

, read a few real estate related books, and visit the forums and BP blogs.

well, evan, most title companies will find anything of concern to you in this adventure. however, you can visit your local municipality, such as the county assessors office, and look at the records for any house. if someone is going to put a lein on a property, they have to have a judgement from a court, and there will be a record of it. as regards to mortgages and such, they have to record these mortgages with the county as well. when the mortgages are paid off or otherwise satisfied, they have to file a release of lein or mortgage with the county records as well. in todays hi-tech world, all of this should be on the computer at the local county office. 

I will likely visit a topic of the roof within a year.  

With a realistic completion date on each project, you'll be happier and your PM won't be quite so stressed.I'm also wondering what it is you're hoping to accomplish by having more site visits.  

I visited a property last weekend that's gone through at least 1 auction already, had a bid, it fell through and its about to be listed again.

Now the police said if we need more frequent visit, we need to double the payment, but if I dont see them now, how can they guarantee what we get for what we are paying for? 

I love locally and don't even visit the inspection - my guys show up, call me if anything is wrong and that's it.