Newbie from Florida

[Frank W.]

I'm a midlevel healthcare professional with an interest in fix-and-flips and possibly buy and hold rentals with decent construction skills looking to start buying fix-and-flips and need all the advice and info I can get! I have excellent real estate agent and mortgage broker contacts and local contractors and day laborers I can use in addition to my own "sweat equity" but would like to know how to get comps for specific areas or neighborhoods on my own especially in areas nearby but out of my agents usual territories. I guess the local tax authorities and the county clerk's office will provide me with comps? Are they usually up to date or do they lag months behind?