I'm impressed by BiggerPockets and can thank you for saving me tens of thousands of dollars on supposed RE Investing gurus.I'm not big on social media (one of about three on the planet without a Facebook account) and making private things, public, but I am ready to start and succeed on my own in real estate and realize I need to start putting myself out there since I'm now ready to go. 

Professionally, I have been in public finance for 20 years so have funded a fair share of development projects, so have an aptitude, but would now like to put a bit of that knowledge toward my own endeavors.  

Maybe after you've mailed out the to the absentee list, you could do a separate campaign to the code violators with a postcard like "I saw via the public records your property had a code violation and you received a fine.

We've been doing our own checks through Accurate Credit and checking our own tenant criminal record through Wisconsin public records.

The warranty deed is a public document, so I am guessing it is ok. 

I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) by training and worked in Corporate America for several years as a Chief Financial Officer.

Below is a link to the 2010 ADA Standards which is free to the public. 

But it is offering a service to the public that has health and safety issues written all over it.

With a fast moving market, most of the best investments sell before they come to the public market or right when they hit the MLS.

Therefore, if you don't own a car it would take a long time to commute to the city by public transportation.