It certainly extracts the most value out of each lead.  

One of my own properties had a device put into the sewage inspection port that was supposed to block the drain and be irretrievable so that you would have to excavate the whole back yard to extract it. 

If I could extract one learning from this exercise—and one message to share—it's that crunching the numbers not just on a property you’re analyzing but on your portfolio as a whole, looking at it over a time frame that’s relevant to you, and in context of your non-monetary goals is crucial.

The total amount owed to the tax man was half of that, only for one year, taxes are high on commercial properties, yes there is more to the story, but the main points are those, the property place on collateral is another one, the reason for not going to the bank is not because bad relation, quite the opposite, the problem is the credit limit of this person is maxed out, Canada is a lot more extract in credit lending and rating than the USA.    

My current plan is to extract down payment money from my 401k.

@Bradley Morrill another way to get a tax delinquent list is if the information is available on the county website you could hire a virtual assistant to extract the data and put it in to a spreadsheet for you.  

I have a programmer friend who created a script for me to extract 55,000+ properties my spreadsheet....

Banks are lending anywhere from 4 to 4.75 on 25 yr commercial.If the deal is terrific, then take his loan, reposition the property and refi in the near future to pay him off and possibly extract some capital for yourself.I always like to hear seller financing deals.  

People who get suckered into these deals may be able to extract cash flow in good cases, but that doesn't mean it's the best possible first move you could make into the multifamily RE investing world.What I would do is basically tell myself that this place is worth about $10,000 per door, and that's it.

Hopefully it's a quick an easy extraction (let me know if you are interested in a couple of tank pullers I can refer you to).