Hi Anne, I appreciate the reminder, if nothing else for future readers of the thread. I called about 15 towns yesterday requesting reports of properties with delinquent taxes...most were very helpful either by immediately furnishing it or pointing me in the right direction. Some were apprehensive but seemed to cooperate. Only a few want to charge by the page and mail it, but that's only a minor roadblock.
In talking to several tax collectors, I found what you're saying about them being slow to deed the property to be true. Good news for NH residents, I guess. Most towns seem very willing to work out payment plans etc and do everything they can to NOT take the house.
That being said, the financial distress is there and may be part of a larger picture for them, so I think they're worth marketing to...potentially they have slipped between the cracks on other searches because they're a little harder to get to than purchasing a farmed list.
I'm focusing on Concord and surrounding towns in the southern portion of the county where property values and population levels are higher. It's an area thats more local to me to work but not also not as competitive as Rockingham and Hillsborough counties.
