Puzzled, I decided to leave shower running for 30 minutes and wait.

It is this disconnect that has me puzzled.

I'm not buying it for its appreciation, but knowing the true value would be a helpful piece to the puzzle.

I have puzzled over why someone would not try to salvage some of their equity.

Hello everyone,I'm sure this question has had a lot of investors puzzled at one time or another.

There must be a piece of the puzzle I'm not getting, like maybe a reservist?

That seems to me to be a huge missing piece of the puzzle.  

May be contact one of those BP members, ask a specific question; I think they are glad to help out.Then you can piece all the puzzle together.That was my tax sale course 101 for you.tax lien & deed training is an ongoing learning process, each state is a little different.So you really have to keep learning in order to maximize your return or you can lose it very quickly too.

To simplify the puzzle at tax time, is it a typical practice to designate a new bank acct. to be used only for property-related transactions such as collected rent, security deposits, purchases for rehab and maintenance, etc.?

In tax lien investing, the laws, rules, customs and nuances of proceedure for the given state are the critical pieces of the puzzle.