I, personally, don't think Saudis have the kind of output they're bragging to have (remember the strike on their major field in 2019 that shut half of their production down?)

What strikes me is that I would have sworn that these were just rental areas, but then I see quite a few high dollar retail sales occurring on rehabbed houses in the immediate area, and so I'm looking at a couple of them as possible flips now.In some of these lower areas, if you do a very nice rehab, your buyer can tap into targeted down payment assistance programs made available by the city/county/state, or sometimes even a HUD program.

As mentioned above sometimes the taxing entity will strike off in their name and then not resell it until the redemption period is over and then if you buy there would be no redemption period.You are correct about not getting straight answers. 

We may strike out every now and again, we may even set the league record for it.

As it turns out nails had been driven into studs without strike plates between the studs and the copper pipe.

You might strike fear in them with your intent to acquire via the Sheriff's Sale and reiterate your offer to buy them out prior to that occurrence. 

Then bring the matter up tactfully with the advantages and solutions to their needs, then go to the property side and strike your deal.If you hem haw around, do the property side, look at comps and then realize that your needs can't be met, you just wasted your time, wasted their time and you have pie on your face acting like a qualified buyer when you're not.

A small rural town 30 minutes from Rochester does not strike me as a great place to build new rental units.

The purveyor of falsehoods strikes again!!! 

We implemented a 2 strike rule (they can be late once, but after that, they're out).