Check tax records for physical properties of the home (number of beds, baths, sq ft, etc and compare to old listing information if available.  

Regardless of the 5 or 7 year limit for bad info to stay on your credit report, some banks still maintain their own private records forever.

Either way, these pics will be primarily for Homeaway, and I'm hoping to find someone here that I trust and is recommended a little more organically than Airbnb. 

Obviously my first go at this, online there is talk say a Quit Warranty Deed form and filing it at the county recorder's office is all it take?

s strategy is a good one but it will be difficult to find a lender who will provide 100% of purchase and rehab costs until you have established a strong record as a rehabber/landlord.

Money trust me because I have a track record.

Listsource.com or any other list provider can get this information.Go to listsource.com, create a free account, then call their customer help line and they can walk you through exactly how to do it.This is a list you'll need to BUY.Free way is to search county tax records through MLS (see if you know a Realtor who will let you borrow their ID) or at the county court house for properties owned a long time- i.e. 20,25 years plus.  

As for expenses, given their volume of transactions over the years and track record (and again happy investors), I doubt their have been significant fluctuations which have caused any material changes to their estimates.  

@Jeremy Shinall you have to do official records searches to find out if there are liens against the property.

If the rents support the mortgage and the note has a good performance record then the lenders will be more inclined to work with you.