I just joined and am learning a tremendous amount.

You can buy back the Baltimore ground rent at a cap rate of 6% or negotiate it at a higher rate to get a discount.  

You would have to buy at a very deep discounted price like $40-50 cents on the dollar if u buying cash so these will have to be REO properties that need some cosmetic repairs for example I am buying  1 families out here for $26k cash (4beds 11/2baths )rehabbing for 10 k .

Never once had one redeem in all the years..Not to say there Is not a first time for everything :)of course if you can get the release pre sale this could be a benefit in two ways for the note buyer.One it could produce 3p bidders that would buy the note and if the OP bought it at a significant discount this could be a nice quick flip.. but if the sole intention is to gain control of the asset one MAY be wise to keep the IRS lien in place to scare off other bidders and risk the redemption that in all likelihood will never happen..  

Judging by the pics I'm guessing you got the place at one heck of a discount and have a lot of upside.

Sounds like your market is similar to the Northeast, where finding leads and deals takes a tremendous amount of research and work due to all kinds of factors.  

I do have a question though about giving a student discount and i couldn't find anything in the search.

For that price, especially discounted, you will not be in an area where concealed carry is required.

One of the best ways for an investor that is new to investing and in another country is to work with a wholesaler that has already found discounted properties.

Rolling closing costs into the interest rate is essentially inverted discount points, and discount points are proportional to loan amount, whereas closing costs are mostly fixed.0.5% of loan amount is a lot more on a $700k deal than on a $123k deal, and those are both going to have ballpark the same closing costs.