Look up the property online at the county appraisal district’s website for tax information, history of tax bills, and there might even be a diagram of the property. 2.

If your local Registry of Deeds has records available online you could look up several properties in your area that are similar to yours and check the sales and tax history. 

Someone with an on-time payment history on $3m in debt is a safer credit risk than your typical FTHB who only has an on-time payment history on 3 credit cards.

I personally had to persuade underwriter on my most recent acquisition to use my income history from a previous STR home I had already liquidated to prove that using my same business model (and in the same area) would produce the same results..which they fortunately agreed to in the end.    

Review their investing history and talk to previous and or current partners. 

The eastern half of Jamaica Plain is also worth checking out.  

You have to look at the history of the area and the property to see if it’s flood prone.

What is the history of market appreciation? 

It's inevitably going to happen again...history always repeats itself....just a matter of when????

Does anyone know how strict they are in California regarding criminal history/backgrounds?