So after 4 months on a short sale endeavor I finally got the final word from the lender.

Hello BP, I finally got my agent license in the works and am currently wholesaling in the Northwest of Indiana.

Finally, you may also want to google Vacation Rental Forums and see if you can get some additional information there.

This will at least get you "professional" data to evaluate potential deals.Professional", is a way of conducting yourself and business, not necessarily a title that guarantees anything.

Typically when an agent inputs the data for a listing, the property tax amounts are automatically filled in with data from the county public records.

If so just pull the sold data for cash only financing.

Experienced investors I work with understand the RE lead marketing is continuous effort and at time takes 2 yrs or more to finalize a deal from probate and inherited leads.  

I'd much prefer if The Millionaire Next Door was the top recommended book - its written by a statistician and is backed up by real data.

Don't believe all the hype that your asset is protected in an LLC or CORP because a good lawyer or data researcher can find your asset no matter where you hide it.

Glad that you finally jumped in, and have found the podcasts.