You should get a preliminary title report when you're in escrow and that'll give you an opportunity to ask the lender to clear outstanding title issues.

Usually the bigger ones who lend nationwide have more products and options for you to choose from.What kind of lending are you looking for specifically?

Our current All-In expense is $13,000 (this was a tax lien) and we have an outstanding liability of $11K, which could increase our total all-in expense to $24K (rounding up).

If you pay off the 127k + 16k outstanding you would own the house outright and I think that would be the cleanest way to do it.

My credit is not outstanding but it’s steadily rising.  

Good points Account Closed I neglected to address the outstanding lien issue.

@Randy Gleysteen Tax laws do vary from state to state but an experienced CPA should be able to understand and abide by multi-state tax laws and filing requirements.For example, my CPA license is in the state of NY but I work with clients nationwide. 

I understand there is no nationwide search website.  

If the certificate status says issued (Which means that certificate has been issued on delinquent tax bill and still has an outstanding bill) Can I still wholesale it?

@Clifford Paul, Outstanding!