I am not one, but I am a full time tax auditor for the Treasury department.

I'm not sure how your state is set up but for tax liens, I request the information from the town treasury department.  

If you have 100k of reserves for a mature rental portfolio in savings, treasury bills or a CD ladder, that's an 8-10k/year loss compounded annually. 

My understanding on the procedure for this group is that one needs to ask for a FOIA request from the Treasury Department of the town for whose list one is searching.

Here are some details from the my due diligence.First Mortgage is recorded in April 2006 by Bank XAssignment of Mortgage (or DoT) Assignor Name:  Bank X and Assignee name: Bank YLis Pendens (Notice of Pendency or Notice of Default): Recorded date July 2014Under active Judgement and liens:Plantiff: Bank Y and recorded date is July /2014Plantiff: I see threecondo association liens with recorded dates as May  2011, Nov 2013 and June 2015Dept of Treasury - IRS recorded date: July 2010Dept of Treasury - IRS recorded date: Dec 2015Under judgement and liens the foreclosing Bank Y has a recorded date of 07/2014, Does this mean Bank Y is a junior liens compared to the other liens ?

He calls out Henry Paulson’s convenient change of role, from head of Goldman Sachs – which continued to sell toxic CDOs (collateralized debt obligations) to their clients even as the bank itself was betting against the CDOs itself – to the Treasury Secretary who helped preside over the bailout.

EA's  are licensed by the department of Treasury to represent tax payers before the IRS.

Ah, when regulators get involved, economics, common sense, and stewardship of the public treasury go out the window.  

Hi @Sam CummingsContrary to popular belief, the Treasury Regulations require absolutely no holding period in order to determine whether a property qualifies for 1031 Exchange treatment. 

Right now, rates are about 200 basis points above 10 yr treasury, about 4.25%.