I had built good relationships with them all and she in the end didn't like it so I guess she exercised her authority and in the end I lost my job.

hi broderick. sundai is correct. tax sales can be a great place to buy real estate, but the federal leins would still be in place. do your due dilegence. also, this list could be used in a different manner. you have names and addresses. go check out each and every one of these places. find the owners. buy right from the owner before the tax sale. some municipalities actually will let you make a payment arrangement on the back taxes. you find the owner, offer to buy the property for a little cash to them, and assume the back taxes. they do not have to know that you will then be paying those back taxes in a payment agreement with the local tax authority. all you are doing is assuming their obligation which gets them off the hook. you make the payments to your tax authority just like a house payment, and you own a house. you can do whatever you want with it along the way. he again, do your homework. make sure you are not buying someone elses heartache. there may be other leins on the property and you do not want those. i have personally bought 2 houses in this manner. good luck to you

If you haven't already done so, sign up as a section 8 landlord with your local housing authority.  

The "unsafe" situation was there were drug dealers there and they found some needles laying around when they arrested the people and the county health officials condemned it.

The guy who invested Robert Kiyosakis money (author of rich dad poor dad)? 

In a couple years they can officially buy the property and you can collect $15-30k (the difference between buying slightly below market and selling slightly above).

Not everyone believes in nor follows the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" forumula (especially given that the author declared bankruptcy and stiffed his lenders), and not everyone's priorities are the same.  

The application includes a form authorizing landlords and employers to release information to me.I give a copy of the application and the acceptance criteria to every adult who comes to the property -- to avoid being accused of discriminating by selectively giving out information.

Ironically I know the author very well.

When some of us dared to report such matters to the proper authorities we were bullied and threatened with 30-day notices to vacate the premises.