You are NOT trying to buy the estate and all its contingent issues as one would buy a corporation or other entity.If you are interested in purchasing a particular property from the estate in California you would purchase from the person in charge of the estate who has the capacity, powers and authority to sell. 

Then there is the liability issue....if you do something incorrectly, it can cost you large fines from the various government agencies that may have authority over you as an agent.I'm an agent, and it's great....but you should be aware of the downsides as well as most people gloss over those things.

Another fun thing about those books is that, though they're applicable in most markets, the author, J Scott, did his first flips in Austell, GA, right near you!

@Darren Finney, I wrote a series of articles on this topic for the BP blog, here's a link. https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/author/Br...I think that you'll find some of what you are looking for there.

The reason behind this is because the authors have a different time horizon to publish their story and therefore synthesis and research differently.

In the article the author states that he likes to aim for at least $100 per unit and this shows negative.  

#1....go to the tax authority and ask for a payment plan.#2...if they won't do it, then look for a property tax lender.#3...someone will give you a loan based on your equity, I'm sure.  

Again, I would also have a fully executed deed to you from your middle-man seller held in escrow with the title company before closing is authorized or money is released.

Since then I have gone ahead and borrowed from the library other Rich Dad books - Retire young - Retire Rich, Cash flow quadrant and Guide to Investing by the same author.

I think we ALL need to be very watchful of what congress allows Trump to do.