I still have to occasionally remind my wife that it is all good debt.But never lose site of the fact that investing is still very high risk. 

Title insurers don't rely upon maps like the ones you've included; and the plat would not be particularly helpful.Since you already know of an existing title issue the seller would need to resolve it, you could plan for dealing with it in your offer, or you could ignore it and take title subject to the problem... and yes you could get title insurance.

If you have a mortgage on the property, not repairing might not be an option, and than there is ordinance compliance, that could create issues with leaving the property abandoned, may require rebuild or site clean up.    

Welcome to the site @Chris BarrettLakewood is a solid market.

Usually those type of locations the national tenants will pass on the site.

I pretty much rely on Zillow and i just know there has to be a better ways to find deals .

Just by being on this site you are ahead of 99 percent of Americans

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I would be very skeptical of the capabilities of a professional who would solely rely on Zillow to form their purchase decisions.Thanks for posting this.

Welcome to the site, if you use it consistently and proactively it will make you a lot of money!