I’ve seen a handful people do that to attract ghost chasers.

@Joe Splitrock you said it all perfectly and I just realized that I too, am a rabbit chaser!

The problem with that plan is that since you removed the property from the tax sale, all liens that were on the property are still in force and if you accept the property you may be required to payoff the lien or recieve a clouded title which the lienholder can foreclose on since they are still in 1st position.The "behind the scenes" legwork must include much more than just a letter sent to owners.

It all depends of your current situation, needs, and real estate goals (niche).Right now, I’m active duty Air Force, so I was looking for a cloud-based brokerage without a lot of fees since I’m part-time.With your goals to continue investing, you can also seek out brokerages that are specifically investor-focused.

You do not need to do a QT to be able to rent it.You do not need to do a QT to sell to a cash buyer with a Quit Claim Deed.You need to do a QT if you want to sell to someone who has to get a mortgage OR you can clear it up yourself by clearing up the clouds.

We use Tenant Cloud to manage all  of our properties and you can do the tenant screening through them, but it uses transunion's system.

Also, anything against the seller's name since the time of purchase could be clouding title.Taxtitleservices is a legit company that makes it possible to re-sell and re-finance properties purchased at tax deed sale.

One thing you may ask your realtor is if his MLS supports Cloud Streams.  

An option is valid at recording and can cloud title at that time.

When the clouds cleared, I went back to work, built my own business and I'm now in a committed relationship with a man who is more what I wanted than the one I had before.