the mystery of not being able touching these other prospects is tough.  

To me, title was a mystery (at the time).It wasn't until I paid an attorney to interpret a particular situation and discovered a way to profit from my having 'reversed engineered' an opportunity, understood what others did not, (and extracted a very substantial amount of equity) that I became very excited about the prospects studying title.

Sometimes an REO bank seller will not allow a blanket assignment in the contract.In that case you would want a clause that says you are allowed to assign it into your llc etc.The reason is the bank has seen your qualifications to the get the deal done but they do not want it assigned to some mystery buyer they know nothing about.

So doing that way the value of the property at the time  you took control was already set, you would not have a adjustment either up or down so nobody can contest if property would jump high in value at a later date..LOTS to consider.. why you built before you had this taken care of is a mystery.. but their is a way to figure it out.. make it tax and estate wise.  

@Mark Poulton,   The bigger mystery for me, is how is it that the county has not filed a property tax foreclosure action -with 14 years of property taxes outstanding?

SEO is not a mystery.

This is not from any referral from someone you already have some rapport with.How do we pull these mysterious people "out of the woodwork" and get them to "Show Me The Money, Jerry!"

When we hired property management who had systems in place mysteriously all those problems disappeared lol.

Most of the trim (baseboards, window boxes, door casings) had been scratched and chewed by the dogs and was ruined.Being long-term tenants (~9yrs) the finish flooring would need to be replaced anyway, but the amount of damage to the subfloor - particularly on the ground level necessitated removal of the entire subfloor.The bathroom vanity was in rough shape and there was a mysteriously missing square of drywall from behind the toilet (earlier pictures from when we purchased the property showed no hole behind the toilet).The carpet on the stairs and in the closet under the stairs was originally a light green in colour (with traces of red).  

This approach vs. a letter/post card that markets your company and what you do with very little mystery to the seller.