I've included links for further reading:http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/nn/articles/Th...http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i709.pdf

Do You not know how to look at your public records? 

I'm fairly certain tax records are public knowledge as far as I know so there is always a way to get this information and it will be 100% accurate if you get it from the source. 

It is walking distance to a public library and close to grocery store.

They do not disclose the decedent information publicly.

(This applies for Wichita - cant speak for other markets)   You can find houses that are pretty darn nice in great areas for much less than you'll pay to build if you're willing to have some give and take.Top schools - Maize, Goddard, Andover - Northwest isnt a bad district for public, Northeast/Heights by Bel Aire, NE part of town have decent reputations as far as public as well as East (inner core)You might check into the guy I had mentioned that is building duplexes - Think I had given you the info in another post or a PM - thats about the only  new construction I could see paying off as a rental now and down the road.  

I used to do seminars , and a lot of public speaking.

After visiting the department of public works (3 times), the city engineer explained to me that the gas company will essentially throw the city under the bus stating that the city will not dig up in the ground after December 1st.

On a foreclosure auction, I would suggest that you find the publicized foreclosure notice, or go to the court house and look up the file, you may be able to find it on line.

@Kyle Seidel - start with getting a market report from Airdna.co They scrape all the public info from Airbnb and combine it into a nice report.