Some states will allow senior citizens to direct the county to send tax bills to family members as well that way you can help them navigate the issues as they come up.Tax laws vary from state to state and sometimes from county to county within a state, so you should seek out an attorney for advise... at the least you can contact the tax collector's office and/or clerk of court to make some inquiries on behalf of your grandparents.

Citizens Union has been highly recommended.

I know the point is getting solid citizens into neighborhoods to help revitalize them, etc.

It can be done (the most successful Thai RE investor is an American citizen and there are others) but it is many hoops to jump through and in retrospect I would not do it again for many of the reasons you cite.  

Are you a US citizen?  

He had the knowledge compared to two no body citizens, get what im saying.

Agreeing to perform an illegal or illicit act is not consideration and the contract is void.

In order to become a citizen, they have added a requirement that you have to live there 5-7??

female- 43 million (down 1.9 Million since 2007In poverty15% overall22% of kids under 18 (this is sad)Uninsured kids in 2011 (some interesting info in this chart)By Race-white-6.8%black-10.2%hispanic-15.1%By birthnative born-8.8%naturalized-12,5%non citizen-29.2% ( see any problem here) The interesting thing here was the future HUGE costs the U.S. is going to have with the hispanic/non citizen kids.

As a "senior investor" aka senior citizen I relax by taking a nap as often as possible.