You definitely need to connect with some brokers who specialize in this stuff in the areas of the country you're interested in. 

I have a unique situation as my dad has money he wants to loan for me to invest, and wants to help me get the ball rolling on my path to FI. 

I’ve done a little looking into tax sales and was wondering if anyone has gone this route. I don’t know all the ins and outs of how you obtain this type of property and if it’s even worth it. Any thoughts?

I want to see if others have already been down some of the paths I'm considering. 

Other option is to hire a lawyer to lobby for you, but that will be an expense, and the path of least resistance is to gain favor with the neighbor and council person.

You may want to look at small town and country living in Michigan Wine Country?

It's worth around 309,900 but due to some bad luck (Carpet delivery had bad carpet so we had to wait again) we missed the window for back to school to list the house and it's been sitting on the market for a couple weeks with a ton of showings but no offers (Williamson County is one of the top public school districts in the country). 

I assume last year to this year but the lender who sent it to me did not specify.Here is another map showing the hottest seller's markets across the country (Vegas being one of the top rated sellers markets.)The map depicts each state's real estate market on a scale from very weak seller's market to strong seller's market. 

NV is still one of the hottest markets in the country appreciating in the range of 7% to 13%.

However I have this itch to invest in my first property to get started on my path to financial freedom and eventually liberate me from my 9-5.