@Gene Walker, The former owner can raise this issue in several ways.1) They can provide sufficient evidence to the tax collector to persuade that person to declare the sale void. 

@Gene Han yes, what’s the question?

You do your area of whatever law I’ll do mine.

Realtors who refuse to use the Internet, Facebook, an iPhone, etc.. these guys are getting swept by tech-savvy agents who dominate the market.

Hello Gene, also a newbie here but it occurs to me that you could find a lender that understands your goal and may agree to a large down payment with your father as co-signer. 

@Gene Chandler Thanks for sharing!

"It's a whole new business by Gene Trowbridge" is great.

in some areas home prices peaked in the 80s and 90s  think Rochester NY for example or Buffalo.. in some areas real estate seems to make new highs then 10 years later it makes new highs again  think SF bay area , at the end of the day building materials are up land prices even being zero  it cost more to build a home than you can buy an existing one in a huge swath of America so until that changes.. who knows.then in the areas that are slowing but surely turning into rental dominated markets  ( we know which ones those are ) those values will really only move if rents move or investor accept a much smaller return that what they want today which is basically 6 to 10% COC with 20 to 30% down.. 

Higher crime rates seem to be a feature of many towns that are dominated by the military (ex.

Thank you for the welcome Dominic!