The offering docs fully disclose all of the risks and essentially say you can lose all of your money, so there is no bait and switch based on the documents I have prepared for our offerings.Sometimes deals don't go the way we want.  

I would plan to stay local, probably limiting my movement to the current school district I live in so my kids wouldn't be school hopping while all this is going on over the next 4, 5, 6 years or however long it takes to run its course.  

Supply/Demand/Price is essential to know.Adrian

If you're going to ask a specific amount because of what you'll have in to it, make sure you've got the appraiser, mortgage broker, title company and anyone else essential to the deal on your side.

They need to fund their essential services (fire, police, schools, etc) and do not want to be in the collections business.- The funds used to purchase a lien can come from a Roth IRA because those accounts allow for discretionary investment, and purchasing a lien is considered an investment.Is it true that this is a very safe investment because you are guaranteed to, at the very least, get back what you put in... very likely to get a substantial return through the accrued tax debt interest... and also possibly becoming the owner of the property simply by being the lien holder for a number of years.It looks like, from what I was told, this kind of investment is more about money than property.

What I've always gone with is that the renter has essentially the same right to privacy as if he owned it.

2) Find a company that will collect and take the fee out of the collected amount -- essentially you pay the fee only if collected, but in this model, the $1,000 debt - $300 = only $700 in your pocket at the end of the day.

Understanding what a good deal is or is not and understanding the uses of different types of financing are essential to be successful in this business.

Then, as Mike put it, you are essentially "buying" your cash flow.

AC, we're on the east side in the historic district.