Taking into account how expensive your area is, I'd first ditch your realtor...he/she isn't working hard/smart enough for you considering you're funded and ready to go. 

Or get down to business but ditch the condolences?

If you have to go further back then that ditch subject property not enough solid comps to show ARV. 2.

@Robert Kriedermann It may just be my area, but i would definitely ditch the last sale date of 4 years.

As a last ditch effort, you can always put a for sale sign in their front yard with your number on it.

I guess I just don't consider what I do work, it is not like I am digging ditches, LOL!

Land is still doable at tax auctions but 99% of what goes to auction are drainage ditches, floodplain, cliffs or landlocked with no usable easement.Take a look at the mortgage foreclosure auctions instead as these usually only have 90 day hold periods and no redemption rights. 

Ditch the dishwasher and build in and replace the toilet seat!

The landowner still owns the roadbed and the ditches, etc. and still gets the tax bill too.

In the next year I hope to add a couple more properties to my portfolio, while ditching some unintended losers.