Your best protection is a comprehensive screening process and professional operating procedure for when tenants are in place.

I've been business for a while, and often, I hear people say "I want to see a step by step procedure" which these podcast don't give you.

I want more procedural information than strategy at this point.

@Brent Coombs yeah I'm not sure what the procedure is if someone buys a property with an IRS lien at a trustee sale and the IRS wasn't given proper notification.

Every process, procedure and methodology has to be fully fleshed out and cut-n-paste or they wander around in the wilderness accomplishing nothing. 

These cases having a way of going sideways and new owner (you) can inadvertently step on legal land mines or fail to follow some obscure procedural rule of court, resulting in delays or much worse situation.If your reason for attempting to do this yourself is curiosity, merely ask questions to your attorney.

@Tamika Rue, while people at the courthouse might know their internal rules and procedures, they do not know the law.

Every little detail from finding it, to the rehab procedures and acquiring the GC, the financing and refi and where it stands currently from each one's rent to any obstacles you have while owning it today. 

Yes, it depends on your state procedures.

Is it a standard procedure to ask for 2 bank statements and 2 pay stubs.