In my area, you basically agree to have the utility company add a "renewable surcharge" to your bill, and supposedly that encourages them to increase their renewable generation capacity. 

Would you encourage your best friend to pay the fee and go this route?  

@Matthew Braun I encourage you to have a look at Kitsap County, too.

I've been reading Brandon Turners book on rental property investing where he encourages his readers to use the forums so here i am!

@YuanYu Lin Hi Johnson, i encourage you to go for it.

If you are looking for a property in SC in particular I’d highly encourage you to do some research on the tax assessors website for York county (if investing in this county) to know how to calculate the taxes prior to making offers and obtaining lending if going this route.Jared Wonders

I knew that hilltop in general was a pretty desirable area right now, but then again, most literature and research usually doesn't even include anything less than 2bdr/1.5 bath so its encouraging to hear a response from someone local that has more experience with out market specifically. 

@Rhett Dean@AllThank you everyone for the encouragement!!

This is from the statute "197.432 Sale of tax certificates for unpaid taxes" See section (14):(13) The holder of a tax certificate may not directly, through an agent, or otherwise initiate contact with the owner of property upon which he or she holds a tax certificate to encourage or demand payment until 2 years after April 1 of the year of issuance of the tax certificate.(14) Any holder of a tax certificate who, prior to the date 2 years after April 1 of the year of issuance of the tax certificate, initiates, or whose agent initiates, contact with the property owner upon which he or she holds a certificate encouraging or demanding payment may be barred by the tax collector from bidding at a tax certificate sale.

There are some big mouths on BP and I would encourage everyone to vet vet vet as much as possible before doing deals with some folks on here.