The information is publicly available on county tax auditor websites. 

A great place to educate yourself is the SFMTA website where all the projects they are currently working on are listed.https://www.sfmta.com/projectsThe other way you could speculate is by following sheer density, such as Mission Bay or Potrero Hill where there are a lot of new developments going up - almost endlessly.

The instruction sheet will tell you which models can be interconnected, and you can often get that sheet as a PDF from the manufacturer's web site before you buy.I've also seen a suggestion to make sure that wired smoke alarms are powered from a circuit that also has a light on it that is used relatively often - like the light over the stairs, or the front porch light, or similar. 

I read some of their complaints on their Facebook page and the Better Business Bureau website and some of them were pretty bad. 

@Carley Corbin Usually each county has foreclosure auctions published online through the county website.

The bank was not happy with my discounted offer, but they accepted it because of the terms even while other bids were coming in.

None was requested and none was/will be accepted.  

Could this be negotiated with a lender and would they be open to accepting a lower down payment?

Try looking at the Metro Housing Boston (formerly MBHP) website.

I'd happily accept fair rent.