Look up the public records to see who legal the owners are.

During the evening, as my friends meet new people, they will invariably point at me and tell the person they just met "you need to talk to Linda, she knows about what the topic you just brought up", so my friends kind of funnel people to me a little bit as well.In the last 18 months, I've actually begun speaking in public. 

You can establish the land trust and remove your name from the public filing as owner, allowing for some anonymity.

Do you know of lenders that allow non owner occupied for 10% down?

it is best to keep it all as non personal as possible.  

I do Fix&Flips in the Miami area and i was wondering what non-visible things i should lookout for before buying, for example, i currently look for any liens, violations and title checks before closing. 

If you have property in other states, you may have to file a non-resident return in that state, but your CA return will be much larger and intensive.

I have built a website tested one fb campaign that didn't have much success mainly because I was learning how to use it for the first time and have no idea what I am doing except for watching YouTube University - (I did not advertise as thoroughly as I should have with updating all the fb page info also) and have posted on craigslist and received one call from a non motivated seller looking to just get an evaluation of his property's worth.

That means my name is on the public filing upon creation, but transfers into the client’s name after the filing.

Especially the non-electrical ones.