The titled owner has a certain amount of time to pay back taxes and penalties or the land becomes property of the investor.)You can buy raw land (in remote, cheap areas) and remarket it (to rich people who need a getaway and are accustomed to expensive land)You could start a title agency (title agencies are buried right now because of low interest rates) and I suspect the backlog will continue until the flood of deferred foreclosures starts.You could become an appraiser (much demand because of low interest rates)You could start a home inspection or commercial building inspection business and possibly leverage your engineering expertise.You could design a new type of home or innovate a construction process that uses cheaper/eco-friendly/durable materials or saves time -- or makes rich people feel better somehow -- and revolutionize RE with your new building technology.You could start a single-member LLC, open a Solo401k,  and roll retirement funds into it so you can use it to invest in RE.   

The few times this is okay, is when the report is shared with you (as the owner) AFTER the licensed RE professional has either approved or declined the applicant or the RE pro has disclosed to the credit verification agency that they are sharing it with you as the owner.

How do rental agencies work?

only to buy property and save the commission which was 80% of what they took   Eg 7% overall commission 3.5% to selling agency  they gave me 90% of that 3.5% because I bought the property Never paid mls fees.

I used to work for a government agency that managed federal wilderness areas.

First dealing with Tahoe regional agencies for approvals, permits and compliance with the Lake Tahoe basin regulations.

I told the buyer I wanted to use my own title company and I was told he preferred I didn't,  that all the paperwork was with his preferred agency and wanted me to use them.

Contrary to mainstream media opinion, most landlords don’t want to evict.

The owner passed and all assets were auctioned by local agencies to include the property/castle.How did you finance this deal?

I have an oversees friend looking to set up a REI team in the US, and he is looking for a recruiting agency to help him find talent.