You have many variations of blue going through that it doesn't look cohesive.And while I am a fan of gray, there is a lot of it.

Quality consistency, dimensional variation.....

There are so many variations it just depends on what everyone agrees to. 

You would need to talk to the Jackson County Assessor about the market value.I suspect some of the variation you are seeing is due to the school district.  64137 should probably be Hickman Mills schools.  64134 might be Hickman Mills or Lee's Summit, depending on where exactly the house is.  64130 is going to be KCMO schools.There should be a breakdown on your tax bill of where it's all going. 

Other counties will have similar procedures with some variation expected.http://www.fayettecountyga.gov/courts/magistrate_court/pdf/BadChecksGuidelines.pdf

or a variation of it and 90% of the answers are "Try Wholesaling!".

Vacant or improved, the process and consequences are identical.Each State can have variation, especially in the time line, but:unpaid tax billings will produce a some point create a Tax Lien on the property, not the owner.after X years, the existing owner will get a Notice of Tax Sale and a date of the auctionIf the property is sold, the "punishment" is loss of the property and I've been told, there's no reporting to a Credit agency. 

Afterall, you are managing your properties.I actually use some variation of that myself with a name followed by "Property Management". 

Gathering the information I have now it seems like most other variations of investing, it really comes down to the variable conditions of the business.

Of course there are many variations so call around in your area.There are also soft money loans geared toward buy and hold with longer terms, but I'm not very familiar with them.