Someone must pay enough taxes to prevent the county from filing a foreclosure, because that public filing will bring all kinds of unwanted interest either from Citi or from other tax sale investors who will contact Citi. 

Hi BP community!
We have a rental property that suddenly went south. The tenants abandoned the property in September due to domestic issues and parted ways. Because they are still on the hook for rent until a new ten...

That’s about 9 percent of the county’s 1.88 million total.But only 7 percent of those delinquent properties -- 11,780 -- were able to attract a buyer at the county auction, the analysis showed.The remaining 150,000 properties — in arrears on property taxes in perpetuity because their bills are so high as to deem them unwanted — represent yet another warning of sorts for Cook County politicians who believe they can tax and spend with impunity.In south suburban Ford Heights, Cook County Treasurer records show 47 percent of property owners didn’t pay their property taxes in 2018 -- 1,070 out of 2,274.Nine of the 1,070 attracted a buyer at auction.

Hi Aaron- I believe there are a lot of reasons why sellers need a lease option - people that have too much equity, people behind on mortgage payments, people that need to move and need immediate debt relief from the payment of two mortgages, FSBO people trying to save on paying commission, unwanted inherited properties.

The national ones are organised as franchises, yes?

Assuming you could have meant you have had a number of individual conversations and none of them are organised as a group, then you have a different situation.There are regulations (state and Federal) which apply to investments that are passive or pooled.

Hey Nicole, I've been dabbling in some probate stuff down here in Texas but I am pretty brand new to it all, so I will refrain from giving unwanted advice.

The CO would be gases that are unwanted mostly. basically every heating appliance that "burns" gas will cause CO.

I guess as long as I add that cost into an expense for flip, it can alleviate unwanted headaches even if nothing were ever to happen.

This will generate a lot of interest from others, some of it will be unwanted in your case.2) You have to determine for yourself how much bandwidth and desire you have to be active in RE investing.