There's an incredible amount of helpful information and unhelpful misinformation about these subjects on the web.

Mainly because the book has a free web site that posts tax lien/tax deed sales.

Some prefer not talking on the phone while others might not have web access compared to picking up the phone.

I'm running a side web dev firm.... let me see if I can help out.Manish

Long is unable to access the company's document web portal to retrieve ALL documents and  exactly why they were requested. 

I looked on the tax records web page and didn't see anything about zoning.

There is 1.Phone Message Recording 2.Craig’s List 3.Rental Agencies 4.Realtors 5.Newspapers 6.Green Papers 7.Laundromats 8.Web Page 9.Word of mouth and 10.Flyers When I advertise in the newspapers I keep my ad very simple.

I am in favor of the web based version.  

If you have a friend that works for a trash service, you're set for life.Also get on your local swap & shop web site - people get rid of furniture for very little money.

You can research these plans here on BP (there are a lot of threads about them) or by searching the web for providers of these plans that can help.