You could do this part on your own, however, given the tight timeline and the fact that all the steps must be completed quickly and accurately, I would recommend you find a realtor who is an expert in short sales in your area.

My experience with the county clerks office is that they are accurate.

Hello Everyone,I have a quick question about finding accurate Property Tax info.I want to make sure I am doing it correctly because of course the numbers have to make sense.So I’m in Harris County here in Houston, Texas. 

But your analysis is not accurate ...

so if the 2% rule is not that accurate, which would be a more accurate rule to find rental property or does it depend on what works for you?

@Reid Isaki people say go see a tax professional because questions generally require answers tailored to that person's situation to be anywhere near accurate.

As long as your account name is accurate you will be fine.Consolidated accounts - QuickBooks Enterprise version will let you consolidate your financials.Company File - with the QuickBooks Accountant and Enterprise version you can open two company files at the same time.

For example, Sperlings has Kansas, MI a population change from 2000 to Now as -5% and city data has it as 5%I was curious what others have used or if one is more accurate than the other or a completely different site. 

The most accurate picture will come from the form 8824 which your cpa files for the non-recognition treatment.  

So I ask and they just say "give me the original plans and 10k and we'll go from there" but that seems like a gamble.