Which would be the best way to structure this while avoiding tax charges?

Hi all, can I buy a property at the tax sales, pay cash for it, then refinance it into a loan after I own it? 

Need to know county, city property tax breakdown, dimensions of a few rooms, parcel ID #, etc.... but again, this is information that a listing agent will frequently leave up to the seller anyway.  

You would then hold the loan on a 90-95% LTV product at 5% (Which is taxed at ordinary income).

It's why companies like ours exist - we are creatures of the tax code. 

You really need to find an accountant that loves tax strategy. 

This would mean that offers of broker compensation could not be communicated via the MLS, but they could continue to be an option consumers can pursue off-MLS through negotiation and consultation with real estate professionals 

But it allows me to keep one bank account and file one tax return, while still spreading out over multiple entities. 

Your “overhead” costs to buy & sell the house + holding costs, interest, property taxes etc, luckily these can be pretty easily calculated, many websites like closing companies will have websites where you can fill out information about a property and it will tell you the costs to buy & sell, loan costs are easily calculable, take your purchase multiply by intrest rate divide by 12, that’s your monthly expenses multiply by the number of months you project the to complete, a good rule of thumb is even cosmetic can easily be 6 months anything more complicated can be 9-12 though all that can very greatly.3.

@Michael CampbellCounty tax office records or recorders officeIf it’s bank owned you will have to wait until their asset management company (3rd party) lists it for sale or attempts to auction it off on a site like auction.com etc