The fear now is that they’ll slowly raise the level ]s back to nearly real value.

Referrals are my ideal source, but sometimes people can be hesitant about sharing their best vendor with you for fear you'll steal their vendor's attention away from them. 

I know lots fear a crash will be imminent, I'm in the camp of a correction and in some markets a harsh one. 

I’m literally scheduled to chat with a mentor (partner investor) here soon and my gut has caused me to have hesitation but i didn’t want my fear of doing to be confused with my discernment.

I finally made the decision to embrace the healthy fear of starting my investment journey, currently have my first deal under contract, and decided to make my first BP post as well to introduce myself!

What are my fears?

Fear produces fire sale prices and these are fire sale prices. 

I've never had a tax sale turn out to be void, but it is my biggest fear with Alabama tax sale investing.

Doesn't mean they give terrible advice but I find it often comes from a place of fear or inexperience and discourages action taking rather than encouraging action taking.  

Both are completely legitimate strategies, and there is no reason to avoid these strategies out of fear of an audit.