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22 May 2017 | 123 replies
Next month, on January 18th, I will be retiring from my corporate job as an Internal Auditor to be a full-time real estate investor.
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30 December 2016 | 16 replies
Your tax exposure, assuming the value of the property is being sold for is higher than the auditors appraised value, is the main reason for doing so.
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4 January 2017 | 4 replies
Did 3 years public followed by 4 years in government (surprisingly I became a 10x better auditor in my government job).
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15 January 2017 | 6 replies
Then we use the County Auditor's Site to find a mailing address for the owner.
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18 June 2016 | 36 replies
And an unforeseen reason will only fly as far as a grumpy field auditor will allow it.Sorry, but claiming double top secret CIA status still may be your best bet - or 1031.
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4 July 2016 | 1 reply
You can then get tax mailing address from the county auditors website or from a local real estate agent.
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18 July 2016 | 2 replies
However those are unaudited financial statements prepared by the bookkeeper/accountant (unless you have an auditor who has gone through to audit them).
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18 July 2016 | 6 replies
Check your county recorder or auditor's website or call them with your questions. :)
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22 July 2016 | 46 replies
@Brock LarameeI look up the owners info the County auditors website site if they have it.