I have used a couple of the foreclosure sites but most of the info is public information.

Interesting,Assuming that a person did have a bankruptcy or foreclosure in their past it can not be removed from the public records.

You have to subtract it from the basis and pay the depreciation recapture tax whether you're actually taken it or not.Improvements is a complex subject, so read the IRS publications or talk to your accountant.If you do an installment sale like all cash suggests, then you only pay tax on the portion you actually get.

Either post a public question in the lending section (more than 1 person will likely offer their perspective) or send me a message.

Recording it in the public records might do something, but I wouldn't worry about that too much.

This really harms the ability to refinance or value a property as the public data is not reflective of the deals being done.Are the deals publicly recorded?

The public assumes that investors and landlords have deep pockets.

But to be honest the US is not much better we seem to have rampant corruption in gov. with Nationalisation in the form of prescribed public easements and other forms of eminent domain "takings"As for the people of Mexico poverty is easily found thus the lower cost of living as well as many luxuries and securities we take for granted in the US.

The process culminates in a public auction.

By state statute, each county is authorized to collect the taxes due that remain unpaid by selling at public auction, either a Tax Lien Certificate or a Tax Deed.Learning how to buy these Tax Lien Certificates and Tax Deeds is a very real way to achieve financial independence.