Be sure to pay attention to the difference between registered land (land court) and recorded land. 

I can only recommend to ask sponsors for their track records.

Or, would you and I be able to do a quick Zoom chat I can record and have my guy edit for the podcast channel I'm working on.

Current owner hasn't kept the best record upkeep, as five leases expired years ago and are on a month-to-month, with the other three leases expiring this year.

I use QBO, so I just log on my cell phone, because I can snap a picture of the physical receipt or invoice to be saved with the record online, and then I can throw it away.Acquisitions: I am not actively trying to grow my portfolio, but I do have alerts setup through the MLS that give me emails everyday. 

They trusted me and saw that I had a track record of rehabbing lots of houses for years(not my first deal or second deal or third deal).

As you build a track record, more and more people will want to invest.

When looking at their records, there is also a special assessment for almost 50k.

Besides going door to door, I would search city court records online for divorces, judgements, bankruptcies, evictions.

Example: evictions records, newspapers (the worst place to advertise is often the mom n pop landlords go to), local (city) complaints department etc.