No offense to realtors but how a property is set up or length of time it has been rented for has no bearing on the legality of the property records on file if they differ.

Apparently has been in jail for multiple offenses but I don’t know his name.  

Quote from @Joshua Christensen: No offense, but that's a terrible idea!

In Philadelphia, for example, landlords cannot deny a Section 8 tenant based on credit score—only for violent crimes or drug offenses.

No offense, but telling people "that's not a good way to do it" and nothing more seems like a little league coach who tells his players "you're doing it wrong" but then doesn't give instruction of how to do it better.

A well-outlined list of finable offenses in the lease works wonders.

No offensive odors can emanate from theresidence.

that means - no offense - anything that you can get without doing any work, or anything that someone serves up to you on a platter, or anything on the MLS - has been passed on by lots of other potential buyers.so with that said, here are my answers.0. read this thread.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...1. don't pick a random market. pick one you have ties to or know well or can drive to or hope to move to eventually or like to vacation in.2. do some more reading - books, forums. 

I have to ask Stephen, and no offense; are you associated or receive compensation from traceestate.com?  

Before reading further, I intend no offense with my post; just correcting some inaccurate information (seems I end up doing a lot of that on BP).Well, if you came to Pennsylvania and bought at the tax sale here according to what you just posted, you could end up losing big.