@Dave Foster I may need to dig a little deeper into what you are saying - if you'd be willing to chat I'd love that.

Do you find a field, dig a few hundred feet and when you find no oil, you pack up and move to another field, or do you drill deeper in the same well?

Could be pricing, location, condition etc. make sure you dig a little deeper than just price.

If necessary, don't feel compelled to wing it or dig a deeper hole.

If you just need one for a contract to buy properties in 'as is condition' you can dig a little on the web and find some good ones.  

Outside of that, you're forced to use public tools like Zillow, Trulia, and Redfin....Most county auditors are on the same platform at this point and have data on comparable sales...you just need to dig a bit.

I just need to get a little creative and dig a little deeper this time around.

You won't be able to find out quite as much detail about the scope of work but it can give you a good amount of info to work with to determine if you want to get it under contract and dig a little deeper. 

I'll have to dig a little deeper, because FHA construction loan on a duplex is exactly what I'm looking for, do you have any links I could start looking into?

but when you dig a little deeper that person is still full invested in the market and actively looking for deals.