Usually the website will have some indication on the first search page for delinquent taxes.  

Fee restriction.Except as provided in paragraph (e)(2)(i)(B) of this section, neither a creditor nor any other person may impose a fee on a consumer in connection with the consumer's application for a mortgage transaction subject to paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section before the consumer has received the disclosures required under paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section and indicated to the creditor an intent to proceed with the transaction described by those disclosures.

Owners can easily pad the numbers to make an asset appear to perform stronger than it actually dues (ie. free rent or other incentives to lease up a property which won't appear on the pro forma)Yes the tax return will be some indication of the actual performance of the asset but it's still not something you can completely rely on.

I am still in that thought process as I indicated in my original post. 

In my post, I was indicating that you can postpone the monetary giving until you are financially stable enough to do so without undermining your business, while at the very same time, give of your time and talents to help those in need.

From what little you indicated in your post I would suspect fix n flip.  

You should perhaps expand your investment parameters to include some light to mid value add (Your statement of passive cash flow indicated they might not be). 3.

If yes then send a letter indicating your interest in the property.

Right now I am emailing my real estate agent back and indicating interest in the property, butgoing forward I am not sure how to evaluate this property.

It's a good indicator of cash flow.