This can ultimately take up an entire day of showings where I feel like I wasted my time with tire kickers and unqualified people.What I would like to do in the future is have prospective tenants fill out a FREE pre-screening application online, then I could approve/deny them.

Check your O&E report or online assessor records to make sure they match up.Some descriptions are the metes and bounds type, which it sounds like is a particular requirement for the county that Chris was looking into.

More info can be found online: https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs...We, as filers of 1099s, need to collect the TIN or SSN from lawyers we pay and those vendors who aren't incorporated and who we paid via any mechanism other than credit card.

If that info is not generally available online, perhaps there's some company that provides that information for a fee?

@Paul Moore I have been doing some online research on lease options.

I searched online and saw taxes was up for tax sale. 

An online savings account perhaps?

Gurus will claim it is easy money with no credit or cash needed.

As to liens, you can check down at the county clerks office, and nowadays, public records are available online.

Attend online events to learn - heck, I just hosted a free one last night with an investor who's doing big Industrial deals, $400 Million in AUM.