I'm with you dave, just not sure the solution.

I'd like to test this out for a few months and getting the list myself seemed like the best solution for testing for several counties.

Not the perfect solution but appears to be the best when we weigh the pros and cons.Does anyone have any experience with using any companies to match siding color?

I believe 20% would be doable just gotta get with the right people and come up with creative financing solution, lease purchase or get with a wholesaler and see what the two off you can come up with...

Really and truly the exterior French drain is the only real solution.

If that is the case then you have all kinds of flexibility.Not trying to a be a jerk or rain on anyones parade those are just the shorcommings I see with the proposed solutions.

See if you can get the tenants to help be part of the solution.

You can go the HML route, but remember each month is a high payment, and based on what's left to construction, you may have a lot of months to have to cover those HML payments.The solutions are many.  

@William Hochstedler  in most states  all Liens except Ad VAlorum tax ( which is paid current when you buy at the tax sale) and IRS liens are estinguished with the tax sales.. they can attach to the old owner but are removed from the property.this is why banks monitor your tax payments and if they are not made they notify you and can pay them then foreclose if it gets serious.. if a bank does not protect there position they get wiped out..

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