Not sure why, if lack of of proper insulation, or whatever mysterious reason inspectors sometimes come up with.

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.  

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.

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

@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?

This is a mystery.

This work is not mysterious, it is math. 

I absolutely recommend  you schedule a trip to walk the areas you will be owning in and I regularly show folks from BP through my holdings to help remove the mystery from  zip codes and neighborhoods here in Toledo. 

I mean, after all, this is (at the very least) a veiled ad for some sort of mysterious service(s) that will allow investors to "dominate" their local market in less than, what, 2 months, right?

Mystery solved.Sharon