People see those areas as stable and family-friendly, which can push up the value.Wider Buyer Pool: If you're targeting families, schools are huge.

Even if rates went way up, I am confident you would still be ahead dodging all those fees and just paying down the principal after the PP falls off.Bottom line is this refinancing is too slim to be worth it right now.

Appreciation with the Fed actively trying to push rates downward?

Not only are prices being pushed and dragged down on all middle and upper inventory, but you can get seller finance 1,000x easier than it's been in literally 30+yrs. 

So where you'd save a small amount on UW fees and perhaps cross collateralized title fees by doing a blanket loan, you will lose all that savings and more IF you ever decided to refi/sell one without the other... just a heads up.The other issue here is you say your assets are tied up... meaning you have no liquidity? 

They dig up deals that make a head spin ("what, where the F did you find this?").

However, the possibility the former owner or one of the lenders will claim service was improper is one of the reasons title insurers are reluctant to allow a policy to be issued w/o a quit title action being completed first.It's a good idea to ask the title agent for a commitment that will show the requirements for the issuance of a policy w/o exception for other interests.I think almost 100% the mortgages are gone with a properly notice tax sale.. and in most states I work so are the utls. they try to force you to pay them but if you push back and or know they cant try to collect you just need to push the point.. while banks will normally pay tax to protect their interest sometimes they dont  like in this case.. 

The law firm that handled the transaction (and 95% of my previous transactions) needed some pushing to get things done.

I.e. how far are you pushing the line?

I do have all my eggs in this basket because I do believe that we are growing and improving ahead of many comparable midwestern states.