You can try searching on Google or DuckDuckGo (stay away from Yelp, they're the devil).

I usually look on Yelp reviews (I don't trust Google reviews because they're much too easy to fake).

I looked around the neighborhood on Google Maps, and it didn’t look too bad.

Or check out YouTube/google for adwords campaign templates for real estate investors.

Unless you are creating some kind of world vision - think the Teslas, Googles, etc - the arrangement is almost purely transactional; they are looking for maximum dollars for minimal work, and you are likely looking for the opposite.

She has started to google around and dig up tax information, mortgage, liens, and judgements.Is this what typically comes back from a title search?

Googling whatever county it sits in and "CAD" will bring this up. 

You can google that question and find lots of data and reports but your question was what do the Pros use?

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I've included photos of the property sheet and its pics, but here is a google drive link if they didn't come thought on the post.The home is located in a very nice area with a large ~1 acre lot, where the avg. home value = $600K and the avg. lot value = ~ 150K - 250k/acres zoned for 2+ homes.