I finally got fed up and asked my attorney to send them a letter.

When I hear "Quit Claim Deed" I think Guru bunk being fed to a newbie.

fewer deadbeat tenants with a free teat to suck on (or one less channel for free lunch, tho I'm sure they'll find it in the next-in-line fed handout)2.

It's mostly agricultural, with high quality grazing land, and the market seems to favor sellers, as folks from Texas and other southern states are moving north looking for grass.

Clearly this is a scam..don't send any money..this sounds to me like the rental scam where the "owner" claims to be out of country on business and then ask the potential renter to send deposit money and then the out of country owner will fed ex keys.

Cut the grass, trim trees, keep the roads usable, a nice sign out front... are there any other aesthetics that you feel has a + ROI, either by keeping/obtaining tenants or raising rents?

Does not a short sale wipe out _all_ liens, including back city, state, and fed taxes, mechanics, (hospital) and even mortgage judgments and liens?

DRIVE- best way of finding property is to take long drives into areas that you may or may not know-unknown streets and cities. generally when you see overgrown grass and general unkept look you've found a possible deal. thats one way, the other is to look in the RE books in the market and checkout realtor listings,get 2-3 books.lastly is google "foreclosure listings" in your area. you have got to your end of the legwork- otherwise the deals will pass you by.

He kept bothering me to cut the grass.

Technically speaking, I agree with Mike.Now in a more general sense of the whole topic I always hate to see people getting caught up in the grass is greener mentality.