Anyone know if L.A. county provide public records online?

You best bet will always be to track down motivated sellers directly.

I haven't used it, but we provide a great FREE Online Property Analysis Tool here at BiggerPockets!

I happened to stumple upon a home on-line on a realtor website.

Then we run into the problem, as is unique to the age we live in, of finding a legitimate lender on-line.

I was researching real estate investing online to learn about it and I stumbled upon BP; I'm super excited about the stumble.

That is amazing - and I bet many people on BP would qualify.I also learned mind blowing stuff like: did you know you can 1031 exchange OUT of something you own INTO something you already own?

At the initial B.O.H. inspection to bring the unit back on-line they determined how many occupants I was allowed.Good to hear you got it resolved with no issue though.

See also http://www.bsc.ca.gov/Home.aspx since it looks like a lot of CA specific code is online.

May be new washing machine hoses, may be all brand new drawer pulls, or a new microwave...whatever.So this year I picked up a couple of dozens of USB wall receptacles from an online sale, and I noticed everyone likes to charge their tablets and phones on the kitchen counter.