That's hard to do almost anywhere in eastern MA.North and west of Boston are more expensive, and of course, Boston and Cambridge are just insane. 

Property values in eastern MA are mostly back to 2007 levels and in some cases, higher.I'd want to see what the condition of the property is to see if you might have any equity in them, thought I expect that there would be massive back tax bills in addition to the back payments.You might want to figure out the current property value and talk to www.naca.com to see if they have a program to help.

@Jake DeAtley if you are willing to look a bit further afield you should consider Eastern Washington.

The next week I ended up driving to eastern Washington for opening weekend of deer hunting and said “what the heck may as well drive to spokane I’m halfway there...” so I did found a few houses I liked..... anyways we made an offer on a duplex on my 30 birthday they accepted it and today the deal is done!

You would definitely want to check out the Eastern Mass REIA that meets in Rockland.  

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I just closed on a five unit apartment in eastern Oregon that cash flow is pretty impressive. 

I'd like to add that his house is located in a B+/B- part of Garland, an eastern suburn of Dallas. 

I don't know those Eastern and Northern markets, but I find it amazing that by 2015 utility metering has not been adjusted everywhere so the cost goes directly to the people who use the utilities.

@ Chris Martin Yeah, I've been to some tax and mortgage foreclosures auctions in eastern NC.