I can get regular financing, but was attempting to keep myself liquid for the renos. 

Those other probs have now gone away plus I'm making a lot more dough from my regular work/day job these days.

are any of these regular tax deed sales?

In general, Cohan is overhyped by gurus who mis-promote it as a loophole for people who do not bother to keep records and receipts.

Or just regular buyers? 

He studies markets and publishes regular updates on which markets are the best for your goals.Use the search bar.

I always go with section 8 tenants if I can over regular paying but dont let the sec 8 gurus tell you that everything is always peachy.

Base an NC tenancy law, after 14 days they are considered a regular tenant.

Philadelphia has implemented various forms legislation over the years between abatements, land banks and density bonuses geared towards promoting development in areas that suffered from disinvestment and housing affordability challenges with some legislation having been more effective than others. 

I had a conversation with a Probate/Estate lawyer and he suggested the following but what he said doesn't quite add up to what I have read so I want to see if I am just not understanding or if I am getting bad gouge.Advice was to create WY LLC that owns all properties, that is then "owned" by a land trust for additional anonymity, that the beneficiary is a regular Trust that owns everything else in my name.