The drought has caused some communities with lake view properties to lag behind the rest of the state.  

I had an open house yesterday and had approx. 15 applicants view the property.

I have learned a lot over a short period and I am thrilled to have a place where I can network with others, learn, contribute and not feel like I am being scammed viewed as a potential buyer of some kind of product or service.As my post says, I am now officially a real estate investor after purchasing my first 2 properties in the Cleveland area. 

Your have to do that kind of thing when prospective renters are available to view.

You typically need to be setup and vetted by the company in advance of being able to run credit checks  - they need to confirm that you have the appropriate facilities and controls in-place to assure privacy is maintained.I do believe in the U.S.A. you have on-line services that get around this by having the candidate submit the credit request themselves and simply authorize you to view the results.

I've viewed 15 properties in one day and at the end of the day everything was blurred. 

Doing a title search is a good starting point for researching a potential property investment, but it should be viewed as the beginning of your research process.

And Krystal please remember and not to scare you away when your doing your research remember that probate is a public process - loss of privacy -exposure to predators from the PR's point of view.

Always try to put yourself in the other person's shoes specifically... from their point of view, what would a 17 year old need to say, do, and prove for me to take them serious?

The house was listed for $85,000 after viewing the home I came up with a rehab budget of $20,000.