A couple years later I drove to Choteau to pick up a squeeze chute. 

I was advised that it is likely that this owner is not paying his property taxes so I may have an opportunity to buy the tax certificate and push the foreclosure through, discharging the other liens (assuming that the fines are recorded as liens with the county, like you said).

I received a Discharge of Debtor dated 8/4/09 for Kevin Lee Geddes dba (long list)Case No:08-12724 AJ 7 Chapter: 7and Sunee Zrno GeddesStating: It appearing that the debtor(s) are entitled to a discharge, It is ordered: The debtor(s) are granted a discharge under section 727 of title 11, United States Code, (the Bankruptcy Code).

Pursuant to Section 3712 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the tax deed conveys title to the purchaser free of all encumbrances of any kind existing before the sale, except:• Any lien for installments of taxes and special assessments, which installments will become payable upon the secured roll after the time of the sale.• The lien for taxes or assessments or other rights of any taxing agency that does not consent to the sale under this chapter.• Liens for special assessments levied upon the property conveyed which were, at the time of the sale, not included in the amount necessary to redeem the tax-defaulted property.• Unaccepted, recorded, irrevocable offers of dedication of the property to the public or a public entity for a public purpose, and recorded options of any taxing agency to purchase the property or any interest therein for a public purpose.Any federal Internal Revenue Service liens that, pursuant to provisions of federal law, are not discharged by the sale, even though the tax collector has provided proper notice to the Internal Revenue Service before that date....according to that, California tax sales doesn't seem pretty free and clear to me.

If the house isn't taken in bankruptcy and I sell it after discharge, will the bankruptcy court take anything over the $50k, and for how long?

and discharged CH 7's have little unsecured credit card debt.

My husband and I fell on hard times with job-loss and illness and had to file a ch7 that was discharged 3-29-07.

oki doke lets say you have 130k to spare and your new to investing. but you are also very able to restore a home as well as just rehab plus have :superman: all kinds of tools and still have some youthful energy left. would you get rentals to build an income base and equity over time or would you go for the flip the first time out of the chute?

No discharging it through BK, none of this long term "stalling" to pay it off, I've seen some numbers that suggest that Drs and Attorneys are really bad about this.Heck if the student spent a couple of less spring break on Padre Island, or Daytona Beach and worked instead, maybe they could keep the debt lower.

One thing I do immediately is go to the registry of deeds and look up anything I can on the property--what the current mortgage amt is, what the terms are (if included), any liens (current and discharged).