There are lots of articles here on Biggerpockets about what questions to ask, you can find them with a simple search. 

@Ming Wu if you're open to markets a few hours away you may want to look at Dundalk, MD which is in the metro Baltimore area.I just completed a couple of articles that highlighted other potentially compelling buy-and-hold markets. 

I have no relevant experience in real estate and want to get to the point where I see a property and can say, this is worth X if you fix A, B, and C (basically ARV).It got me thinking, why not go for an Appraiser Trainee license. 

Once you know the entity name you can search the states SOS website & sometimes pull up articles of incorporation, filings, ownership names etc.  

No problem at all.Coincidently had just finished reading your latest article over at entrepreneur then found you'd responded on here.. freaky lol.

Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business.

High crime area according to a recent news article. 

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I tend to "chime in" on topics I am educated in and experienced with...not just throw out some opinions based on a Google search, a book I read or an article I looked over and so forth.

If you were going to live in the property you could look into 203(k) financing, but that takes a while and doesn't sound relevant to your current situation since I assume you don't want to live in the property, etc.