First and foremost I will also let you know, that I am a licensed attorney in Florida and have designed my program to alleviate some of your "concerns".  

I've managed the design and construction of commercial projects ranging from $40-750M.

Not saying you are Karen, but many "investor" "operators" are often driven by the cash on the table and greed and proceed without caution as the steaks go higher, that's when they should be paying closer attention to compliance matters.

Ok I got it that's how I up load my data for my GPS box's from Jeppesson. it used to be we had this disk type thing we would have to plug into something on the computer then put it in that thing.. now it goes on a little thumb thing and is quite a bit faster.. not sure if that's it. but its a subscription.. thanks

This Article should work better for you out in the boonies where Redfin data isn't available.

I've used many different sources to get data, educational tools, etc. to learn about investing but I still have not made my first investment/home purchase. 

For myself I do not even view applicants as people, they are a collection of facts and data. 

You might find someone/institution willing to lend, if the ARV is high enough, with an escrow designed specifically for rehabbing work that needs to be done for the house to be marketable. 

If you have the money and not the time, hire pro researchers to pull files and collect and organize data yo your doecifuxations.

This is because there are tricky laws for mortgage financing - driven by the Dodd-Frank act.