Call a few people who do home inspections and ask if they can recommend someone or google "sewer inspector memphis tn" and you will see a number of options-then look at their ratings.

People make the mistake of thinking that every property not listed is a deal, but that isn't what we've found.

But you need to consider the implications of investing with other people into real estate.

It seems like a bunch of people are using Batchskiptracing and claim the data is good but I just saw that deal machine is now including contact data for free.

Go to local Real Estate meetups and learn from people there

He does this in extremely busy cities where flights get delayed and people suddenly need a place to stay, and often check Facebook for recommendations. 

I believe it's due to my limited connections, and the people around me are also new here.

Am I willing to lose these people as my friends if/when a deal goes south? 

Blows my mind how many people over the past few years would laugh at 8% and be like "well I can get 18% from XYZ".

Which means I may well have been the only person foolish enough to bid on it, among the billions of people with internet access.On the other hand, the fact that the owner didn't pay taxes since 2018 is not a big red flag.