My concern is how can I get more title information without having to spend a couple 100 $ on title search?

Brother tried to help them buy it back in the end I rented to them for a year ( when I could have just evicted and sold)  they then failed to pay rent and wife swallowed a bottle of pills  she survived... but you can imagine that household.2. another one in deep denial single man.... would not leave I finally after 6 months of no rent and him telling me he would move etc... we had to do a forced eviction..

Spend some time here on BP looking up MAO formulas. 

For instance buying a 50k rental in the mid west may be small change to some so they say what the heck I don't need to see it I will shop just like I shop at Amazon and buy it basically on line.Others will spend much time and money checking it out.. flying there and making certain its for them.I do think one way to dial for dollars is to contact those that bundle it up for you IE turn key type companies.. and I think a lot of time can be saved by talking with a few reputable PM's in a given market.. they will for sure be able to tell you were the management intense areas are.. and one's that are easier for them to manage. ( Ie code for quality of tenant) 

You can spend a lot of time searching for sources for "the best" numbers, but I personally question whether there is such a thing.

They'd rather spend a little more to have the place to themself.

My family loves spending time at the beautiful beaches in Ocean City, MD!

I think saving for taxes is good.Focus right now on getting listings and sales...that's what counts.Don't spend too much time on things that are not generating revenue.   

Spend time and money to fix up the property.3.

And I'd probably offer to pay them something for their time that first week if I decided to not sign on for longer, seeing as they did spend the time.Good luck!