I found you from searching hardmoneypros and your forum brought some helpful critical advice....

As I continue to search for that first property my plan is to already have a few general contractors in order.

I don't know if I should keep him, search for another realtor, or work with two.

It seems like the “search” function is gone from the BP App?

Just google gis map "your city"

When I am looking at an area that is unfamiliar to me, I look at the area on google maps.

Maybe run numbers to see if it would be a good BRRRR property to refi your capital back out (if you're not familiar with BRRRR search the forums and blogs,it's a great method for redeploying capital without a sale).

My next question is since all tax sales are final and you assume all judgements and liens,  is there some way to check if a property has a clean title without paying for a full on title search. 

TAX search.  

I've researched the programs a bit on Reddit and Google, but haven't found a ton of user experiences.