Correct me if I am wrong but Joe Schmoe with no experience and no education can call himself a financial advisor.There is no governing body that administers the term 'financial planner' so I put litte weight into that title / profession, whether it is fee based / non-fee based. 

Yes Ron has a referral program, but NO I am not signed up, and if you decide to, I get a big fat Nothing in return. haha.

Books like Fooled by Randomness make it apparent that you see a lot of sucessful people on social media, books, etc; not the graveyard full of dead bodies/failed investors. 

If my kitty was fat enough, I'd take 5% any day and throw my laptop and iPhone in the trash, sleep till 10am and play guitar with my amigo's haha

I had to deal with a lot more issues than I've ever had in non-S8 rentals like extensive property damage and also bed bugs, roaches, drain lines completely clogged up by grease (I learned what sewer worms are, look it up), spray paint art on walls and food on ceilings, noise complaints, police at the property, removing dead bodies, etc.  4.

There is no place that is just laying around waiting for people to waltz in and lazily do near to nothing and pickup ANY property at ANY price, ANY means and just, cash-fat-checks...... 

First of all, their certification program is NOT accredited by any legal body so it is basically worthless other than it may look good on your wall.

So I understand the owner loses right to possession once some body buys the tax certificate?

It sounds like you are looking for an employee as defined by most taxing bodies.

I tried calling around the respective govt bodies, but wasn’t able to get clarity on whether out-of-state investors can setup such a facility.