Be sure to check out the Commissioner's tax deed sales.

This is particularly true when it comes to township commissioners and HOA board members. 

Recognize the European market is very country and city specific.  

Commissioner, T.C.

I'm European, and I purchased a property when I was back in college in Europe (2009).

Usually it's a default judgment when the tenant doesn't respond signed off by a commissioner.

(b) Except for mortgage loans as defined in G.S. 53-243.01, this Article shall not apply toany party approved as a mortgagee by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, theFederal Housing Administration, the Veterans Administration, a National Mortgage Associationor any federal agency; nor to any party currently designated and compensated by a North Carolinalicensed insurance company as its agent to service loans it makes in this State; nor to any insurancecompany registered with and licensed by the North Carolina Insurance Commissioner; nor, withrespect to residential mortgage loans, to any residential mortgage banker or mortgage brokerlicensed pursuant to Article 19A of Chapter 53 of the General Statutes or exempt from licensurepursuant to G.S. 53-243.01(12) and G.S. 53-243.02; nor to any attorney-at-law, public accountant,or dealer registered under the North Carolina Securities Act, acting in the professional capacity forwhich such attorney-at-law, public accountant, or dealer is registered or licensed under the laws ofthe State of North Carolina.

Just FYI I was at a closing a few weeks ago there in Indy and my client was talking to the owner of the title company and he had 5 properties that paramount did not pay the pro rated tax's on .. and was getting ready to turn them into the insurance commissioner this is a HUGE violation for the title and escrow company. 

The building commissioner and building department are awful to deal with.

This coupled with a Afganistan debacle led by a demented man with cognitive decline led a communist nation to be brave enough to invade Ukraine causing European supply chains to be disrupted.