What that means for city landlords is you're required to bring the unit up to occupancy code in order to rent to the public.

He gave me backend access to search public property info online, and it lets me look specifically for defaults, foreclosures, etc...It might be worth contacting a local title person? 

Hi Tom,That info is available on city or county websites as it is advertised to the public for comments.

However, most have public bulletin boards where you can post ads and if you are interested in targeting a specific school like Law or Medical.

Yes, I would always have a personal guarantor to any business leasing space, unless the business is publicly traded.

Relying solely of a written contract to be enforced when a judge may see it as "contrary to the public interest" can be a dangerous assumption.  

As part of the application, there needs to be an entire "narrative" about my intentions with the property, addressing dozens of regulations and other points of interest, site drawings, signs on the property, and even attending a public hearing about my proposal.

., beetdiggers, played basketball, went to Kansas U, and went on to be Director of Public Affairs for the National Park Service; Interior, in DC.....we love our parks...i want to know it better and invest there..its another world to me, as my whole life has been east coast.

I also looked at home value projections, rent forecasts, unemployment, rent as a % of income, crime.... all free, publicly available data (a lot of it is also available at county level... a few MSAs that didn't look great in aggregate of course have strong pockets of growth). 

However, the investments you are interested do not allow for public solicitation, so syndicators like myself are not allowed to solicit for investors through any public forum.