There are several aspects of collateralization and disposal under the Uniform Commercial Code and the Fair Credit/Collections laws that apply to note buyers as your purchase of a note is not a personal investment transaction but a commercial business transaction.

I opted for having paperwork showing I was properly observing fire codes.

I looked at the IRS codes re self directed iras and there is not much there.

Find a zip code, or small area, and learn all you can.

Call the appropriate code enforcement and they will go out and give a warning or they will start fining them.You can also offer a small amount of money to a landscape company and approach the owner where you will pay to have their lawn mowed for free one time.This approach might make you liable if the landscape company screws something up.

Around here, not having a window in a bedroom would be a code violation, as well as a tough sell. #2 looks like it has 3 bedrooms with no windows.

They paid him $160k (the ACV from 12 years before when he bought the policy and never increased coverage) and the quote to rebuilt to current codes was $480k.

Did the homeowner do that or the city for code/building violations?

What areas or zip codes seem like good up and coming areas?

I might have a couple hundred bucks by the time I pay to have everything coded in that I want (I'm not a programmer/coder) then I'll pay under $5 for a shared hosting account and have everything I want/need at my fingertips.