did you use  any creative financing, delayed  settlement, seller take back, subject to, wraps, banking days, possession before settlement, seller refi for take over, hybrid offer or public auction disclosure?

Most states have Association of Realtors and many of them provide the public with market data and trends.

Here's the link: https://sso.eservices.jud.ct.gov/foreclosures/Public/PendPostbyTownList.aspx

Then look up the owner at your city public records. 

Sheriffs auctions are not publicized like foreclosure auctions, so there was only 2 other bidders.

Brokers are supposed to verify these, but I think in many cases "verification" is satisfied when they source the public record and again, subject to the same sorts of inconsistent and non-standardized methods. 

It’s a small public lake that has a swimming area and you can rent small boats and water bikes, lake trail to walk around, skate park, and dog park.

One of the properties I’ve been analyzing has potential to be cashflowing once getting the permit as the zone is not SFR as I got into the city public records online already.I will double check going to the city anyway as this is the first time doing these.

Thank you @Nancy Bachety for providing publicly available information.  

When conducting title searches online, these companies are accessing the local courthouse records and offering them to the public.