She mentioned she checked public records and found it as a multi-family so we’ll if she finds anything out. 

What kind of protection (except contract) should I have before I wire the money? 

What protections are there for the investors?

You can also find public mortgage info on those comps and if they werent sold to another bank you should be able to find who holds the mortgage whom im guessing would do it again.Good luck.

I think that's due to increased public interest in your strategy and the strength of the DFW market lately.

Is there a database for the public to use?

Sources--water source, well or public, if well check it, is it working, water flow adequate, water quality, when last tested and results, is the water shared, age of pump, holding tank size, etc., sewage, sewer or septic, if septic, where is the tank and where is leach field, is the leach filed area soggy?

Honestly, you can find deals that are public you just gotta know what a deal looks like.

And mine is running so high I am embarrassed to say it in public  :)

Exhaustive due diligence and conservative underwriting should protect you, but stuff happens and there are things that cannot be predicted.