Nice to see another fellow public servant trying to make it happen.

I sent the owner a message and yesterday, got a reply from someone in London claiming to be the agent with exclusive selling rights to the property, I've checked the public records for the property and there are no violations that would justify such a huge price cut.Below is a copy/paste of the email Hi, My name is Vera Drost from London / United Kingdom, I am a real estate agent and I have international activity for the EKO Immo Company.

Some counties provide public access to title records for free as well.

We are supposed to have some "unfair advantage" against the unsuspecting public.

Good news is there seems to be opportunity here, bad news is no one knows what I'm talking about and I feel I'm being way over charged for something that's a public record.

It's good size - 1.67 acres, I'm 99% sure there were no encroachments.The B-II Requirements includes a clause:  "Any encroachment, encumbrance, violation or adverse circumstance affecting the Title including discrepancies, conflicts in boundary lines, shortage in area, or any other facts that would be disclosed by an accurate and complete land survey of the land, and are not shown in the Public Records."

I'm sure many would say this is insane, but we live in a smaller town and our address is on the rental agreement and readily available in public records.  

I am a frequent poster on Bogleheads and think index investing is the only way to go for publicly-traded securities.  

Public record.

After all, if it's a listed property then it's publicly available for anyone to see and submit an offer on.