Obviously you do the due diligence to make sure the issue is taken care of, but since there is a public record of there being an issue, is there some kind of sign off that needs to be done to state that the issue has been taken care of?

People in retail RE pay tons of money to market properties and most of that information is available for free in the form of realtor websites, magazines, newspaper sections and rental publications. 

The earnest money is what the brokers want and they sell it to the public as necessary.  

Nobody has yet mentioned to avoid posting publicly on the Internet how much money you have; all sorts of predators will be attracted, trying to separate you from that money.

The DIG website should have some sections that do not require membership; let me know if you as a non-member are unable to access certain specific sections of the site, and I can check whether that should be public or members only. 

Distressed sales are unique, so are properties, to my knowledge there are no stats that do that comparison, except total sales that are usually public information on the MLS.Not sure what that would even tell you in a market area.

One of the reasons that poor people remain poor is that they are the greatest consumers.....my lower income renters have the $1,500 tv's and latest smart phones but they take public transportation and will rent forever.

Just spitballing here...But to answer your question, you may be able to get a brief public record of any arrest through the sheriff's office with a case number.

Rapidly growing suburbs with good public schools: The southwest part of town has booming population growth, tons of new retail and great schools.

So far, the only good thing about the house is the location/proximity to things like transportation/school/shopping.Thanks for the feedback so far everyone!