When the economy was booming I used this as a method to make tax-free money.

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Will, This was like 15 years ago, before the boom, early on in our careers with 2 small children and my husband with a job that took him away a lot.

A few blocks away is a booming area with high rise apartments and mixed use developments.

As a result, this could be a near term boom for the local real estate market because of the investment and consumption dollars being spent at the resort.

That market is now booming again so to be recession proof I would have some funds in overseas real estate.

The tax mailing address is available from the tax collector.

But for someone like myself who plans to not "get out" for another 30-40 years short term booms and busts aren't of much concern other than potential buying opportunities like in early 2009.

The tenant had a home OWNER mentality, but got caught up in the housing boom and lost his home to foreclosure 3 years ago.

I research them using the tax collectors website, and get the owners name, which a lot of times is a bank or fnma.