Welcome Thomas, I'm also in the Henderson area and and getting the ball rolling on a residential buy and hold portfolio.

I can't stop that, and I don't have a crystal ball... and my sellers know I have no control over those sorts of things.

I would suggest, find a title company that will do a quick search for you, right before sale, get the bid the afternoon before, and then do your leg work that night. you should be able to search back taxes, septic system info if applicable, and valuations or at least get you in the ball park.  

Taking so many balls away from Carson.No onto you post.... 

I'm glad to know that it is not that far out of the ball park and did not think about a minimum. 

But you could probably simply contact the loan officer at your bank as well as a number of small local banks and get the ball rolling.

There are four total parcels, three contiguous totaling 14k sqft & zoned ETU-B, and another adjacent lot 5k sqft also ETU-B all for under $700k. 

Thanks @Josh Mitchell,I heard Brandon or Josh on one of the BP podcasts use similar language when making low ball offers.  

$7500 might be enough for something, but if you think you're going to get a $50k house for $7500 you're not in the right ball park.  

I never like to work with Realtors who aren't willing to low-ball, because that's the name of the game with investing.