Get it taken care of and usually keeps them happy as the prior owner likely didn't do this. 

The commercial returns available on loopnet or auction sites for public viewing generally seemed no better than I could’ve gotten buying overpriced residential property.  

On this site you will get investors that have Rockstar realties 5 states away, and realtors themselves.Do yourself a favor and get your boots on the ground, meet some locals, and get references.

Does anyone know if there is a way to do more advanced searches using the MD Dept of Assessments database or perhaps through another online service? 

@Kunal Lakhwani I do not want to say anything about the wrong company, but I would double check that the owner of one of those companies was not recently arrested for underage sex trafficking.

I live OOS and do all my biz there.

I hate sites that won't give a price without going through Request A Demo.

I would much rather do it now before acquiring the properties than do it later. 

If my AGI is over the $150k (not including husband's income) do we not qualify for tax write-offs/deductions?

either before, or just reduce the price to account for the cost and you do them.