Some sub-optimal options come to mind, such as a long-term purchase-option which can be recorded in the property registry.

You can find this out from the county registry websites.2. 

Grunderwerbsteuer"(Property Transfer Tax)6.0%Notary costs1.0%Registration in the Land Registry Office0.5%Real estate agent feeUp to 7.14% (incl. 19% VAT)In Germany, a real estate contract has to be signed at the office of the public notary.Commercial Real Estate in BerlinThe Berlin office and investment market is generating record results.

You need to go to the County of record and see what has been filed with the County Assessor's office and ensure that this house has been listed with the DEA Clandestine Lab Registry.

At lunch I went to the county registrar of deeds to do some sleuthing.Lender is First Franklin, a division fo National City Bank out of San Jose, CA(Wikipedia indicates First Franklin was bought by National City Corp & Merrill Lynch, which was in turn bought by BOA & PNC Financial Services)Also listed was MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registry System), P.O.

Check with your property registry and see how it is designated.

You can look up the deed and any mortgage recorded (and perhaps the discharge if there is one) on masslandrecords.com, it is a link to the registries in the state.Also, if a previous tax lien on the property (prior to the one you noted) has been sold, the city will show it as paid, however, that new lien holder may be in the process of tax foreclosure.

Without being self-serving too much, I think I can help you out on that front or at least point you in the right direction--please PM me and we'll talk on the side.Credit checks will range between $5-$35 each and you may also want to consider doing criminal checks and landlord registry checks.

Clearing a half acre of overgrowth and fallen limbs by myself made me reassess this desire.I won't get into particulars, but we learned that it would have been prudent to check the sex offender registry map prior to buying a fix and flip.

Other than digging through individual property details in assessors offices or county registry's, copying and pasting the info into spreadsheets, where would one find a nice list of property owners to use in a simple mail merge label printing program?