You can access that article here https://naahq.org/application-fraud-search-silver-bulletsRegarding Chicago and Section 8, YIKES! 

On one project we did we proposed 36 highway accesses and were denied as been excessive. 

They accessed the property until they finished moving everything out on January 8th.  

The good ones will have access to off-market deals. 

I did go look at it, knew it was accessible by dirt road, and did a lot of research into who owned the easement.Won the auction, paid a tax title company to get clear title (right of redemption is 3 years). 

Obviously none of they knew of the fire or looked at the property in the last few days.At tax sale I have seen people have bought:US Army bombing rangeExpired lease on propertyhouse with 3 walls, 4th wall missingsliver of land 2 feet wide50 foot cliff, access by helicopter onlyland at bottom of man made lake (literally underwater property)wetlandsflood plainsunbuildable propertyfailed perk testhistoric dig site, can't disturbproperty with no road frontagecondemned propertyproperty already scheduled for demolition soonformer gas station with leaking gas and oil tanks undergrounddry cleaning plant with toxic wasteSuper fund sitechromium factory with tanks and barrels of an unknown liquiddistillery with full barrells (ATF and state government was very interested and wanted to seize and destroy those barrells)Bigger Pockets Podcast #82 

A break even into a profit, and a profit into a windfall. 3- Capital - I used to state this as access to capital, back when the rules were loser, the regulations less onerous, and information less readily available.

Large deposits are nice, but very difficult to actually get access to escrow funds in the event of default.

U need 1500 GPH at the hydrants.. no street can be longer than 600feet with out dual access..

If they need access to the property immediately, you can offer to leave to them until you are ready to close.