There are SO many scams originating out of Nigeria that your chance at having found something legitimate are extremely slim.  

@Leigh Ann Smith  Hi, thanks for posting...you are correct the property tax here in Texas & I didn't mention that this property is located in another state where property tax is extremely low.

Big Bear is extremely busy with families and skiers vacationing all winter.

You own 2 houses on one extremely large lot.

Ive thought about refinancing the land and taking that money and buying more houses however, I believe that commercial land rates go up after a few years, their not fixed rates.Other than having the land appraised and then saling it, is there anything else I can do to exhaust this property and get the max out of it?

Vinyl plank, it looks like wood but is extremely durable.  

We are both extremely driven and have been successful in business ownership for years.  

I was extremely tired by this point of the trip and was nursing my exhausting with some seriously strong hotel lobby coffee.http://www.iloverealestatestories.com/how-to-get-a-first-class-real-estate-education-with-aaron-mazzrillo/After this trip, Andy and I did about $100K in wholesale fees over the next few months working together before deciding to shut it down recently.

They are both mostly blogs with the occasional podcast and are in the extreme early retirement arena. 

Other than the Sentinel and the Mountain Press I haven't found many other options here as many of the records are not online and what are online are extremely difficult to search.We have one property in Pigeon Forge and have been looking for more, but the good buys are usually gone by the time anything hits the MLS.What will you be doing with the properties you find?