AZ has a 3 year redemption period for the owner to pay the outstanding taxes and interest.

We are based out of Charlotte, NC and have found this to be an outstanding rental market, with some great deals to be found.

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It will help if you have extra cash above your down payment and closing, to pay some outstanding liens/fees a shorted bank won't pay in a short sale.

I was re-reading Multi-family millionaire book and in Chapter 19, Brandon's advice on checking building permits is to visit your local building department prior to closing to let them know that you're buying the property, and ask what outstanding permit issues or infrastructures may cause issues.In your case, it sounds like that the building department already knew about what permit issues exist on your property.

Our current home is valued at roughly 485k and our outstanding principal balance is 242k.  

Every "i" must be dotted and every "t" crossed, but this is what allows you to qualify for a mortgage with such outstanding terms.

The last fund I operated had just under $20 million in loans outstanding at any one time.

Have rented with a single project pending like a deck but not multiple projects still outstanding.

They're Outstanding!