Now nothing is wrong with that, except the fact they could be using the web more productively  than slamming someone who is fixing a rundown home in a neighborhood.

What this means is that the investor is offering an amount that he feels he can assign his contract for more, while having the right to occupy the property, improve it, market it by MLS, World Wide Web, mailings, signs on the property or newspaper ads or by public auction.Once a contract is ratified by all parties, the buyer is considered to have an equity position in the property.Here are some clauses that should be in the offer; "It is understood that the buyer is making this offer with the intent to make a profit by short term assignment, the buyer will have the right to improve the property and to advertise it for sale." 

brokers" and "wannabees" ...First there are the "wannabees" who are searching the web boards like Bigger Pockets desperately looking for potential clients and declaring they are private lenders who can do deals but as soon as you make your request they are in touch in ever how many real Private Lenders they can find that will listen,  Then they get you "hooked" with a  "LOW" false fee and 2% to 4% promise they will lend you money. 

He directed me to City Planning and land development web site and several links to drill down.Land Development Code User Guide, Guide to the Base Zones of the Draft Official Zoning Map Community Panning Land Use.Pre-Application ReviewCan you recommend any initial questions I can pose to the City planner?

I think Open Realty is a free web design tool that is made for this kind of thing.

but generally the county/city auditor has a data base for all this stuff on their web site.

So does a bird dogger or jobber browse websites and get a 3000 dollar fee for finding something a rehabber or other investor could have found just as easily by doing some sort of real estate site web search in their area?

You can look at your state real estate boards web site and find their standard contract.

From major projects to adding a new button to a web-page.

Massachusetts has a web site for evictions from all 6 housing court districts that we all should be using.