In Adams County, Colorado, bentonite soils can cause massive foundation issues, and foundation issues are expensive/impossible to fix (especially on bad soil)After that, I would look closely at electrical.

Genesee County has been hit VERY hard but I have a feeling there's a lot of money still to be made around here.

Then I'm usually back home to finish some administrative details, exercise in between and then off to city hall or county recorder's office (only one, the WORST one in customer service, isn't online - the other 3 that I use are all online).

The association then filed with the county official records a "Certificate of Approval."

I usually go to the county auditor's website for my area to find the history, sales prices and ect on the property I'm looking at with accuracy and success, but the one thing I can't get a very accurate idea is rental comps.I know the general rental rates are in my area, but how do I best determine them if I don't know what someone down the street is paying, or someone a few blocks over?

In some counties, there will also be papers that just print the legal notices and court filings.  

Pinellas County (Clearwater/St Pete) is one of the most densely populated counties in the country but it is a great place to live, there are some limitations on how much new construction there is over there.

Example- my mill rate (my city used to be the highest in the county) is .01768, my brother who lives only 20 miles northeast in a neighboring town, has a mill rate of .02312 .

I use county assessments (which are conservative) as my guide to value and try to keep the loans at 25% LVT or less.

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