The only thing toxic is this irrational fear of life insurance.Regarding the idea of "Simple."

Nations devesting of the dollar, not companies but entire countries because it's "too toxic" and "unstable". 

(a) The owner of any dwelling in which the paint, plaster or other material is found to contain toxic levels of lead and in which children under the age of six reside, shall abate, remediate or manage such dangerous materials consistent with regulations adopted pursuant to this section. ..."

If there are any hazards on the property that need to be dealt with (toxic waste in the back yard, as an extreme example.)I just want to know what kind of checklist you savvy tax lien buyers out there use to ensure your purchases have minimized risk as much as possible.

I would get irritated with people not following through on appointments.

I've heard that it will make you a toxic borrower for 7-10 years and lenders will run from you.

Some toxic to eat and some just "yucky" to eat. 

It could be a toxic loan leftover from 2008 which they will gladly short sell the homes for whatever they can get or, they may have a full insurance policy on the home that pays off the loan in full upon foreclosing and then they get to double dip by selling it again after collecting the insurance payout. 

-really bad case- we buy a property that is worthless (built over a toxic dump, etc). 

If it's painted, which is about 90% of the time it's too difficult to sand and the dust is toxic.