City liens are considered government liens and they are not extinguished.  

In the majority of fraud or Ponzi Scheme cases the common theme seems to be that the money is mostly gone, and whatever is left runs out before a large portion of the victims are made whole.Sounds like the majority are first position mortgage holders.. this is super simple find an attorney that specializes in mortgage foreclosures and file. there is a federal law that went in post GFC that requires lenders to give a 90 day notice before they can file and I think it pertains to any loans on any 1 to 4 unit properties  the assets that Dodd Frank was designed to regulate. once the 90 days is up you file your foreclosure  in OHIO its a mortgage state so it cost more  money than a Deed Of Trust with power of sale state.  

The local government had my contractor create some basic drawings of the work, had me pay the permit fee and pay for an inspection. 

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Undocumented immigrants often won't have any government issued IDs so it is a defacto fail.

Quote from @Jason Malabute:  I really hope they figure out a way to extend this in the future because it’s a huge benefit for real estate investors like us.This is not how the government works though :) 

THAT is why the federal government gave out tax credits for people to develop solar systems--commercial and private. 

They are essentially risk free, as they are government bonds.

Some states may not fully recognize or conform to federal provisions.

STRs also make for a convenient scapegoat for the government when they need to divert attention away from their own policies that make adding more housing units more expensive/time consuming.