Now as legislators, neighbors and even Airbnb has gotten involved in nearly every city in the US, everything has changed. 

Throw in city/ jurisdictional specific factors like major employers and legislation affecting them etc and you’ve got your system.

I believe the biggest issue many landlords currently face is the over supply of new housing that was rushed to the market due to a number of factors including the changing  tax abatement legislation and favorable financing terms that were available when these properties were first purchased.

I know the original poster is from Colorado but I thought it was I Interesting when they passed that legislation here in California. 

O-zones are biggest and boldest tax legislation I have ever seen - 5 years in the makings, official since last fall and largly unnoticed by the public.

This legislation just made it a lot harder for them.

Both are still possible, but the legislation has recently changed so you just want to make sure to stay on top of it. 

I am active duty Air Force and am doing a fellowship at Johns Hopkins SAIS this year and working in legislative affairs for the DOD next.

Some tax liens are also sold at sheriff sale, so that typically is once per month in most counties in PA; these typically will be in townships (or whatever municipality) that have elected to not use the county's Tax Claim Bureau to handle tax sales.Then there is Philadelphia that does its own thing ... since it is both a City and a County, it has some special treatment in the state legislation.

IE most lawyers don;t know much at all about Dodd Frank but some seem to sell their advice anyway.Become your own expert by reading the legislation.