Call the probate court and see if an estate has been opened for the purported deceased.

First, spend some time reading in the wholesaling forum.Plenty of expensive, paid methorships available that purport to teach you wholesaling.  

Any instrument purporting to transfer the owner's right of redemption is void.Amended    Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B.1642), Sec. 1, eff.

And you can play that game till they get tired.Just beware of the risk associated with transferring using a Quit-Claim-Deed:  A person receiving a purported real estate interest via a quitclaim deed may receive no legal right to the property whatsoever.

Ask the bank/escrow if they will do a "hold back" for the purported taxes owed.

It is a mystery to me why people listen to the advice of losers who don't know what they are talking about and don't listen to people who have actually done what they are purporting to teach.Call up the rich dad guy and ask if you can talk to him about real estate investing.

Additionally, if you feel tempted to call upon one of the many {web based} companies that have sprung-up in recent years purporting to {help you} repair your credit - give this a read first, then say no thank-you, roll-up your sleeves and do it yourself.Your first step is to control your spending to be subservient to your income ... as Mindy pointed out, live within your means and be frugal to pay down debt and save.   

I called the guy from the site of the purported office and asked him if I could come in and talk to him and he gave me the world lamest speech about how he couldn't make it to the office right now, sorry.

So there are ways to deal with it.Be careful when/if choosing to use a Quit Claim Deed:A person receiving a purported real estate interest via a quitclaim deed may receive no legal right to the property whatsoever.

If this gets thrown out in court, which it should, then he will have also hurt the tenants he purports to want to help, costing them having a legal Covid-19 relief bill in place.