People are investing more in the back of their property, and the home-improvement boom is driving that engine.

I would've loved to start in baltimore as i see that it's "booming" right now.

Now AS Ned knows I grew up in this business in CA and we bought hundreds of parcels each and every years .. so our title company would insure us day one after recording of the tax collector deed.for someone new or one off or not in the business title insurance is going to be something they want to ask about up front if a sale in a few years is what they want to accomplish or borrow money.the ONLY way a CA tax sale can be over turned is if the person who lost it can prove the county did not publish 21 consecutive days prior to the sale as is the law...

Many times debt collectors will agree to less money.

The county tax collector/assessor can tell you whether the taxes have been paid.

Benson is really booming the past couple years and has really gentrified, but it is close enough to high crime areas that I just hesitate to pull the trigger there (no pun intended).

Back in 2013 when my wife and I were buying our home we were getting outbid every single time, then we started looking at the homes overpriced for the are that were sitting on the market 30+ days and boom offer accepted.

The housing market where we live is booming.

I've got Glenn Beck's Book and a signed, numbered, collector's edition copy of Sarah Palin's book!!!

The other 80% were from negligent investors from the early 2000s RE boom.