I went with a company called Blackbook Data.

This online database do have a disclaimer though that the data may not be accurate, updated, etc...this is why I went to the city to check in person.After the tax deed sale happened and I sent the money, I had 2 different realtors who called the city zoning, and the zoning person (different clerk or someone above, I am not sure) mentioned it is an open space that cannot be built.

I just did a post on my BP blog where I used the recent Pinal County Arizona tax lien auction results with my added data of Property Type to show how to analyze your competition for better results.I did it as a blog post since it is too long for the forum.

paint if it's like laundry/entry area. otherwise, just drywall..

Stay with the facts that you pick up doing the hard data mining yourself.That's how you build the awareness that will make you capable of spotting great opportunities in the future.

Zillow/Trulia etc type web site for current market data. 2.

It is sight unseen, no entry.

I would demand the Fed schedule-E, the maintenance logs, the vacancy/occupancy data ALL for two years each.In Calif, more than 15 units requires, by law, a resident, on-site manager. 

He was fixing the front door on a unit after "forced entry" by the "boyfriend" of the stripper who lived there.

I have mixed reactions from subs/suppliers though, they need to do the double entry.