Some brokers or agents will give a super high unrealistic number to get listings.

I have considered taking title company to small claims court since they provided me the documentation and or the previous owners.BTW, the roofing contractor has turned into ghost and doesn’t respond to anything.Maybe I should just let it go and just take the minor loss and chalk it up to experience.What would you advise?

The claims of turnkey salesmen?

I talk in terms of Gross Salary, of course with write-offs and deductions we claim/make less. 

I’d managed the properties myself, and the prospect of trying to do that while living out of state seemed unrealistic. 

Worst case scenario I can imagine without having it would be something like your tenant burns the house down, maybe somebody dies in the fire, maybe not..but in any event, you file an insurance claim and the first question the adjuster asks you is "did you have a CO?"

As he mentioned, any additional take home pay will limit his ability to claim real estate losses he already has coming so that would offset part of the investment benefits. 

William and Robert Thomas "claimed" they were business brokers. 

Of course, consult your own tax advisor.As for re-selling a tax deed, I believe the simplest way to do this would be by Quit Claim Deed (i.e., you relinquish your claim to the buyer without warranty).

Some may claim very low rates, etc but when the time comes they don't fund the deal.