There’s a couple more elective (non-mandatory but would be a good addition for your protection) information that you could seek in order to assure a good investment whether you intend to live in the stated property or investing in it. Check the geological records of the state and local government to ensure you don�t get property on unstable ground. Try to steer away from those areas with too stunning a view that you forget it�s a hill that was flattened and filled in. Most of us have seen the problems that arose with some multi-million dollar homes that fell down into the ravines besides or directly behind their property, destroying not only their home but those that were directly below theirs. Many cases of such rock/landslides have occurred which has lowered interest in those types of property which was fought over during the past decades.