Once you understand how matter affecting title are researched and chained out and have practiced this skill, you can bypass much if what title companies would otherwise do.

Jensen, so much gold in these comments.

I however, was the main POC and nobody cared to include my chain of command.

., >1,000 sq ft with 1 or 2 beds (candidate for value-add), town sewer, mold (mold is gold - it scares off the amateurs), type of beach (ocean, lake) and distance to beach (good for STRs), etc.Then I have a set of keywords that trigger renovation candidates - cash, flip, rehab, handyman, TLC, etc.The more information you give me the better I can do at delivering relevant results.The key for buyers is to be able to act very quickly as rehabs on MLS are incredibly competitive. 

Not a bad little investment.Sometimes you've just got to be open minded enough to pick up that bag of gold sitting in the corner that everyone is ignoring.

Lots of properties in the 5k-20k range, so if that's your preferred price range, then it's a gold mine.

The MLS here in Florida is gold, it's the most accurate form of Real Estate data.  

I am also looking for recommendations on an agent who might specialize in this type of property investing.Thanks,Robert Chain

If any big tech companies, giant fast food chains, shopping centers are in the near future, that will tell you all you need to know.

What I'd like to see the city of Detroit do is make a handful of neighborhoods into re-hab zones.Drop those big cement barricades down the middle of the streets of a 12 square block area, with chain link fences on top 10 feet tall.A sort of theft prevention fort, with only one way in and out.Then put a temporary Police substation inside the forts on empty lots, just a trailer or two and a handful of Patrol Officers, and a Desk Sargent.Then for the structures inside the forts, give out City grants for new windows (that fit the exiting openings) New doors, new roofs, and tuck pointing matching color mortar.Also grants for new PEX water piping, and up to date electrical code wiring.Give each quasi-fort a name and a 7 year lifespan, then the fences come down.This would give added protection to the workers, and the construction material, as well as provide several oasis of re-development in the city.Just doing a random building here and there, is not going to stabilize an area or make it feel more safe (for the workers as well as the residents.)Call them things like Fort Corktown 1, Fort Bricktown 3, Fort Greektown 2,etc...Basically make the taxpayers fund a big re-hab effort for their city via grants, add $100 to each residential property tax bill to pay for these grants.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/44/topics/1106515-larger-apartment-building-rehabs-for-cheap-prices-in-detroitJust my 2 cents