There's still a lot of unknowns, especially the foundation. 

There are too many unknowns with the economy right now.   

Quote from @Carlos Ptriawan: also since most of the advice in BP is coming from sell side, the return we got is the normal return hence why I am no longer interested.I am interested to gain abnormal return.my exerience- making 80k-100k per flip from 500k home is possible, only in CA- Out of state could be a good appreciation vehicle too- the wealth builder is created when we invest in expensive state only (CA/HI) with at least two properties- invest locally is thousand time better than investing outside because of the potential it creates- househacking and ADU is finance freedom LOLBut i develop a strong very atypical thesis also:- there' nothing passive about real estate investment- investing in syndication is more active than direct ownership- the risk of the unknown of unknown is the biggest issue in any real estate- at the end of the day, the probability of we as landlord is hitting problem with tenant/city is like 100% so be prepared- the difference between different type of real estate investment is the unknown factor and that's always the least discussed- strategy is always different depending on macro climate, if mney is cheap leveraging equity is the best, if money is expensive then buying debt is good option- don't chase best return but chase the most understood risk and capital preservation as a goal- not all RE investment has equal return/risk , syndication in multifamily for example is outsourcing all risk to investor while gp makes the most money lol- direct investment is always always better than indirect investment, except in certain asset class and extremely good sponsor that could find a noticeable return/risk reward.- donot follow the crowd, when everybody else is buying then it's good time to sell, vice versa LOL- if the math doesn't pencil, GTFO lol I do not agree with everything in this post but agree with a lot of it so I thought I would add my view.

Then your best bet is to not hire unknown people directly and never pay upfront.

Our form focuses on any kinds of unknowns that a buyer may not know about during the purchasing process.

Probate and unknown existing mortgage.

i believe this may be what your looking for. i pull up a map on one computer of a nearby known, and then identify the unknown. i then swith to the assessor page and make it align, and viola!

Also, be careful regarding the "unknown/recommend further inspection" noted in termite reports as unless your agent is very thorough, can also maybe gloss over those items which can also impact your bottom line. 

Way better lifetime return than condo in some unknown market IMO

There are too many unknowns to answer properly.