I am from SE Michigan and am looking to start my real estate investment journey. 

I help with one in SE Michigan. 

They will change again during UW final approval. 6.1% is 2019 rate per-se.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $1,100,000

Purchased SFH and built two ADUs on the property.

Taxes can be looked up:  http://www.cookcountypropertyinfo.com/Pages/PIN-Se...Any utility may or may not be a lien.  

If so, I would wait, i am guessing 6-10" of snow is a bigger deal in your area than it is here in SE Michigan.  

@Brian PulaskiThat is the point of the bank placing the opening bid(even though it is in essence not a true "bid" per se- more like a hedge).

For the grace of happen-stance, the other party was pro-se.

Whether there has been an actual lien filed by the city is maybe less significant if a property has been accruing fines/violations in the city, and the city believes these issues will follow the property on sale.As an aside, I'm not entirely sure if the clerk's office per se has any of this information--but the Hudson County Register's office, http://www.hudsoncountynj.org/office-of-the-hudson..., I believe maintains property records and etc.

SE Arlington is a great access point to the metroplex; very close to anything you could need but a little bit removed from the business.