My company used to do a lot of urban (ghetto) rehab work for the local government so you can guess the places were nasty.

If the company was not able or didn't exist anymore the government steps in and remediates with funds that are collected from coal mines, quarries, different businesses that pay into these remediation accounts for situations that arise.

After running a successful painting business, I built enough business credibility to offer an investable opportunity for them.

When I was starting out, I had difficulty in discerning one from another, and got rather discouraged about how and where to find credible real estate educational material.

government issue liens stays.  

Maybe give what you think an ARV or rent rate is if you can justify it from somewhere credible, and then give your sources for those values.

Nashville has a metropolitan government which I also perceive as a positive. 

It appraised for $110,000 there is a $40,900 balance on the mortgage with a $36,300 "Forgivable Loan" from the Federal Government.

As long as politicians are allowed to be wooed by lobbyists and as long as they're allowed to own large stakes in companies that receive large government contracts, politicians will just continue to make themselves, their families and their friends rich...While many politicians on both sides of the aisle do it (including most likely our current and previous Presidents), the most obvious example I can think of is Cheney and his ties to Halliburton.

(granted anyone could say they have a business, but it still adds some credibility).- Have they done a podcast and is it featured in their signature?