When did the owner last make a payment to the lien holder or debt collector that may have purchased the lien?  

If you have somebody who trusts you and who you trust, ask that person to add you as a joint account holder on their credit card.

I am trying to locate the note holder for the first mortgage of a property being serviced by Caliber Home Loan, formerly Vericrest Financial.

The buyer is paying the delinquent taxes, the interest on the certificate holder's notes, and the County administrative fees.

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Even so they are the note or lien holder, not a collector.It sounds like you may have bought a property subject to an old senior lien that was either never paid off, or if it was, it was not properly released.  

You deal with the note holder, not through brokers, you can get better discounts and being local means you can manage things as necessary.

At this point they're still paddling down that big river in Egypt but once the fit hits the shan they'll start taking my calls.For long term holders, e.g. not syndicators or private equity, if you buy with low leverage and a margin of safety in the cash flow you can pay market prices today and in 20 years the guy who sold it to you will be wishing he never sold.If you think prices are high in your market check out Vancouver BC where you'd be buying 60 year old, flat roof, single pane window, central boiler, never been remodeled buildings at 'suite' cap rates in the upper 2s.Just some food for thought but I don't think the Fed is as likely to raise rates (and drive up cap rates) any time as soon as most think.

The two parties, the auction bidder and the lien holder are not acting with the same intentions.There are numerous reasons why a balance would jump up so high which has been sort of stated.  

We've been told by the treasury department that we can file for the treasurer's deed once the rest of the Tax liens are paid off as we've attempted to purchase the senior tax holders lien for years with no response.We have spoken with a current client who is a small time flipper that is considering partnering with us (Lending 50k and splitting work).