Some mentees will act as a bloodhound for the mentor, knocking on doors, driving for dollars, scouring the internet, making cold calls, or performing other services that help the mentor find new deals.

Can't comment on Montgomery County but in Philadelphia with respect to tax sales you cannot obtain title until a year from the date the deed is recorded. 

To date, I've always been able to get a better return than the prevailing interest rate by reinvesting that money.

How important are factors like high-speed internet, furnished common areas, security features, and in-unit laundry to these tenants?

I don't keep printed copies of their social, date of birth, driver's license, etc.

I have contacted the clerks office in each of these respective locations and they only publish documentation when a formal foreclosure has been set and the auction date is posted.

I was concerned about the quarters becoming over loaded in between dates that I was able to visit the facility.

Mind you this was a $930K loan, notified the lender 6 weeks ahead of time that we were going to rent the units, and had three $2,850+ leases executed by the time the sales covenant date hit.

Any of the big national ones or "internet lenders".

There is also a forensic analysis showing fabricated dates on our contracts to re-allocate money to older projects.