The problem with that plan is that since you removed the property from the tax sale, all liens that were on the property are still in force and if you accept the property you may be required to payoff the lien or recieve a clouded title which the lienholder can foreclose on since they are still in 1st position.The "behind the scenes" legwork must include much more than just a letter sent to owners.

Just a heads up though - for transactional funding most end buyers from you are likely to be cash buyers or recieving financing from private lenders or portfolio lenders.

Russell, I am curious how you have determined that this canidate will be qualified seeing that you have not recieved the application yet.

Asked and recieved $15.5k credit How did you finance this deal?

I also did recieve income during this work free year via a pull from my retirement account.

As often happens, I will likely be told they have received many letters and have another offer, which is of course unconfirmable, but I"m sure they have recieved other letters.

Alot of these homes are vacant but I can refer a service company who handles the foreclosure process and get courts to appoint a reciever to rent out the property so the note holder can collect rents while waiting for the foreclosure process to complete  

Well main reason i was curious was i found a lead in pahrump for a l single lot of land he recieved after being owed some money.

In the case of RE it is the sale/purchase that completes service.Maybe the sale/purchase should go through with the realtors given right to levy against the property if payment is not recieved much like the mechanics lien for contractors who dont get paid after performing.

Rehab is on the market and has been recieving a good amount of foot traffic.