@Gary Dale McKee I started researching this process several years ago, and bought a house through a tax deed sale in Heavener, OK.

God bless her, she is now in heaven with her husband and others.My dilemna.

When I was poking around on some company to help me establish business credit, there were a lot of calls promising everything from heaven (best one was 250k within 6 months without exposing any SSN only EIN), I pretended to be an easy sell, and for sure within 20 mins of the call, in comes the credit card info, simply told them I need more info on what I am paying for, played along and did my delaying tactics, (explanation, contract, money back guarantee, a visit to their office) then from the same referenced individual i think there were at least 3 different company names, Jeff from ABC / Jeff from XYZ / Jeff from LMN Corp.

...People who's profile picture is of their cat or dog...like @Joel A. ....... or when their profile picture gives them some sort of resemblance of a saintly angel descending from the heavens...

55 degrees on a summer morning is my idea of heaven!  

@Sheldon Whalen there are novice investors out there like my neighbor who would be ok with a deal like that. rent carrying the mortgage, maintenance fees and taxes including praying to the heavens that the condo appreciates. you build equity that is useless until you sell.. for me cash flow is key and nobody can take it away from me no matter how the market turns.. another thing is to trade a 200k debt for that kinda return..again a lot of novice investors are doing this and are comfortable. pros don't weigh the cons for me

@JD Martin your place sounds like a slice of heaven and for almost free it doesn't get any better.I do live in my home that was a rehab but the growth and increased traffic has diminished the quality of life here.

.this is a free economy,  not a socialistic safe heaven.     

I was happy to have the superstars gone and I hope I never see them again unless we can meet up in heaven. :-) 

That wasn't the case of Byram who held six of the seven  properties from periods ranging from six to nine months, the seventh was held for over two years.