When the home inspector physically entered the attic space and started poking around, he found quite a bit of raccoon feces.

The only way to avoid paying a judgement is to file bankruptcy or physically hide.

Option 2 is your best bet, addition is around 100/sf and rehab of the house assuming to studs is about 70-80/sf.

I also try hard to stay physically fit by being a dedicated runner ( 4+ miles a day/ 5 or 6 days a week).

With the markets heating up I bet real estate reality shows are going to be especially hot in 2014.

BTW, all bets are off when dealing with REOs.

A smarter alternative is to first determine what data is important to you, then hire a researcher to pull the data using the fields you require.I'm betting you don't drive a Smart Car (or Yugo) so you ought to determine the value of comfortably working at your desk versus mining data yourself at the courthouse.

There are local companies in many locations that are probably your best bet.

Some examples you might find are: drug and alcohol abusers, women (with children) who were abused by their male partners, mental health program participants, senior citizen housing, those with physical disabilities.

In my experience, the contractor that pulls up in a decent truck and has a physical place of business, is usually a contractor that has enough business acumen to run a successful company.