Agree with Sandy Blanton.

.- you may lose some acreage if you find unsuitable soil or creeks or wetlands, so land can be a risky investment.

You can test the soil around it to make sure there is no contamination, but sometimes stirring the land when you remove can cause contamination, so that's a risk.

I know that Bradenton in the summertime has a resevoir that runs low and they get yellow sandy water.

With the INS. on my main home in New York I have coverage on my rental house in New Jersey for about $100 extra and it covers four or five different occurrences. other then that I have no insurance on my jersey property I own it outright so it's not required it survived Sandy so I have no flood insurance and I'm not worried about theft cuz it has no value of anything inside plus it's a very safe neighborhood and with the normal 2 the $5,000 deductible who cares if they steal something don't have the policy in front of me but you should be talking to a couple of different agents about that

Instead it seems like they had a big ol talk, and the structural engineer got all this negative information into the inspectors head , who now feels like he had better be careful because he's being watched by a smart guy. and he brings up some insanity about the soil and the fill- this house was already there when i bought it!

It’s a bit hard to determine who is who in your question, @Sandy Uhlmann.

If at any point the property owner pays off the overdue property taxes before the lien expires (period may vary by state), the county is the party that earns the interest.Properties that are owner-occupied (as indicated by a homestead exemption showing up on the annual tax bills) or have a mortgage are most likely to be bid on because they have a higher likelihood of being paid off either by the homeowner or the mortgagee (the lender); the homeowner probably doesn't want to lose his/her place of residence and the lender probably doesn't want to lose its investment.If no one has bid on a lien, there are likely issue(s) with the property that, in the eyes of bidders with investor mindsets, render the property valueless, for example:the property has no direct access (landlocked or waterlocked),the property is too small to be built on as-of-right per the municipality's zoning codes,the property is contaminated (a Phase I environmental report would scour records on the property to see if contamination is likely, and if so, a Phase II environmental report would be done and soil, etc. samples would be taken to confirm the contamination),the market fundamentals indicate little probability for profit given the level of risk, such as high vacancy rates, low rents, or slow sale/rental velocity,the property is in a "poor" location due to many of the types of things that turn off people looking for a home in which to live, such as high crime; poor or nonexistent infrastructure, such a streets, water & sewer, etc.; too rural/too urban; neighboring uses detrimental to the property's value, e.g. railroad, warehousing/industrial district, jail/prison, cemetery, etc.I hope that helps!

You need a builder, permit tech, plan designer/architect, structural engineer, possibly a civil engineer for frontage improvements if required, a geotech for soils analysis and maybe others depending on your area.

He was nice enoughto forward me the results from the reports.The phase 2 involved soil samplesfrom various areas in a radius from the contaminated property.