You're also right that general real estate information is more or less public, but deciphering what the numbers mean and, moreover, understanding true conditions on the ground is where you find the real value.

If that's the case, then $275K is the right number, regardless of the actual cost.The problem here is that the OP is telling us two completely different things, and without knowing what the actual agreement was between him and his partners, there's no way to decipher whether he did the right thing or the wrong thing here.

What you are saying is factually wrong.You are trying to decipher marketing trends using the wrong data, the wrong understanding of the data, and the wrong data handling.

Through multiple conversations and deciphering where that individual(s) is offer them to work for you as a bird dog.

Being defensive doesn't help, it just shows you got a short fuseI have said this  probably 50 times.....If you want to stay out of trouble and learn some basics of real estate investing...Read everything from these people@J Scott wholesaling, Buy his books on BP, cheapest Wholesaling education that is clear and useful and actionable@Brian Burke  @Bryan Hancock joint ventures and private lending and syndications@Bill Gulley every bank and financial regulation known to man and beast, Hell I bet he could decipher OSHA lol@Ken Rishel anything is going to do with regulations of mobile home parks and Dodd Frank@Jay Hinrichs an unusual level of experience in land, transactional funding, and running a re brokerage@John Jackson lease option law in Texas, executory contracts in Texas, and stand up comedy lol@Dmitriy Fomichenko and @Brian Eastman solo 401(k)s and Private LendingAnd without beating my own drum, I'm pretty good with negotiating terms deals with sellers, lease options, wrap mortgages, and installment salesI doubt the talent in this list is easily matched or exceeded anywhere on any other USA RE siteMy advice is to just follow these people and take some notes

Often self-employed people have a hard time getting conventional finance due to  tax returns being difficult to decipher — this product does not require a tax return review.

...my oldest son has a whole life policy that he just took withdrew $$$ out on, but trying to read through the paperwork and decipher before/after consequence was a nightmare. 

Heres a map of the county (sorry if its a bit hard to decipher.)

If you are simply discussing the post then ok, but I can't decipher tone of voice via text on a screen.First of all I guess it doesn't really matter to me if  get used as a reference or not.

The fact that the platform can decipher property data such as years of ownership, equity, absentee owners, age, bed/bath count, location, etc. is impressive in my opinion.