I love coming in and fixing processes that are broken or putting new procedures in place that help a business run smoothly.

It takes deep pockets and very systemic procedures to make tax lien investing worth your time if you expect to make a living at it.

I am new to the Baltimore, MD area and am investigating setting up my team.  Can anyone describe the steps they used to locate area professionals such as real estate agents, attorneys, title companies, contractors, ac...

Speculation at its finest.

It's hard for us to answer without knowing the company or reading their contract, policies and procedures, etc.In my company, the Landlord has to stick with us for one year.

FeesI want you to know that we don't charge upfront fee as it is against our policy and procedural process, you will be required to make ready the down payment of the PPI fee known as the payment protection insurance fee which will be used to secure your loan and act as a security deposit for the facilitation of your loan , this will be used for the processing of the loan before it can be fully approved and set aside for transfer to borrower designated Bank account.5.

same as buying a 1st position mortgage at foreclosure.. your correct every county has different bidding procedures as well.. bid for assets has taken over many of the tax deed sales . so its done on line in many counties in CA nowbuying a tax cert like in AZ is just the first step in a long journey to actually gain title to the property. and i do believe that if you quiet title the mortgage lenders and other liens will be wiped out as well.

The foreclosure procedure appears to have been made some time ago, under federal law, any borrower must be given notice, regardless as to what may have been agreed, IMO.If you have a NPN first, simply include the balance of the second, if you hold the second, better cross your fingers and pray, but I can't see you holding a housing development note either.Call the development office, they should tell you how they view the lien and your position, it's best to clear the air than to speculate, but I wouldn't have an issue with that mortgage.

Can I start procedures to remove them?

So for her the 1031 is a very doable procedure to defer the tax on that $500K gain (plus probably a bunch of depreciation recapture).