In California the only thing a title company ever asked me for was a certification of trust to be completed by the trustee of record, pretty sure they aren't legally entitled to a copy of the trust. 

After a couple of months you'll begin to see pricing trends and start getting instinctive on what are or aren't good prices. 

@Cody Barrett yes, if an investor hasn't made some mistakes they aren't being truthful or haven't been in the game long enough.

The old saying that banks aren't in the real estate business is a lie.

Houses keep going up around Denver, but they aren't making any more land within a several-mile radius of downtown.

All I'm saying is that based on speaking with those attorneys, these types of JV deals are best done with friends/family who aren't likely to sue you if something goes wrong and you lose money in the deal.

Most of the bids we win aren't because of first mover advantages we have developed.

(Metro/County/City/Zip)- Indicators are housing prices, rental prices, housing vacancyNotice that crime and population change aren't used to answer these two questions.  

I'd also like to get a few names/contacts of Miami portfolio lenders - ie local banks that keep their loans and aren't trying fit everything into conforming Fannie/Freddie or FHA products.

What you are wanting to do is dangerously close to redlining or steering if you aren't already there...