I am the type of person that is normally looking to save a money to increase my investing so the thought of paying someone to do my taxes when we could do them ourselves didn't make sense. 

You can probably pay for a course when one of the sucker roadshows comes thru town, but it is a ton of money. 

What if you told the tenant you would pay them XYZ if you could sell the property before foreclosure?

Yes, the government pays the Section 8 rent timely, but more and more tenants are having to pay a portion of their rent.

I asked if there was anything else we could try, he got very angry and demanded I pay him in full.

My attorney stated not only must the person who failed to pay taxes be given notice but also the squatter as well since our suit names persons who were in possession of the house. 

Imagine making millions of dollars over the course of your career and then having to pay 30-50% every year to uncle sam instead of compounding that cash over time.This is exactly what real estate professionals have learned to mitigate.To reduce their taxable income, they just buy a building every year, do a cost seg, and use depreciation to reduce their tax liability dramatically.Their personal wealth snowball grows much larger and much faster than their W2 counterparts who give most of their money back to the government each year.Following this strategy as a real estate professional is one of best ways to end up with a much larger net worth at the end of your career.

in 3 years you can pay off any mortgage 500,000 or less for $1,500 bucks.. or in 5 years a $477,000 mortgage for $100..I am implementing something new for the real estate industry, primarily to mortgage holders & the rent to own industry, as a shorter-term approach to be mortgage free, without cost being an obstacle ..

- If i Sell , as this was my 1st house and lived in 4 years, do i need to pay capital gain tax ?             

Now, this would obviously be negatively cash flowing since you would need to pay taxes and insurance.