I'd check the county clerk's office and see WHO or WHAT owns it.

The reo/bank market in my county and others close by is 10% I would guess.

If yours is higher, which I doubt, then sue the crap out of him...If not you will need to make the appropriate changes to your existing lot.Temporarily, you can put a catch basin at the rear of the property to catch the water and then istall underground gutters that tie in from your roof and drain then drain to the street.The other concern is the county that approved such a drainage plan...sounds like the county engineer was drunk when he approved it.

A sheriff's sale is a foreclosure administered usually by county officials for back property taxes or unpaid city assessments.A normal foreclosure is administered by someone hired by the mortgage company and is done for default in the mortgage.

Should I get on the counties web site, or do I need to go to one of the pay websites out there to get the info I need (which is what exactly??)?

anybody work with a good one?

Mikey,What county are you from?

City and County grants yes.

I Was actually looking into flipping until I read that only 30 percent of the people in Lycoming County Own homes.

However if you don't what to run to a Realtor everytime you need comps, then I recommend a combination of the local county tax records and a service like RealQuest.com (paid service, however covers most of the country and is very accurate, in my experience.)