When property taxes are not paid, sometimes for a period of years, the taxing authority automatically has a lien equal to the unpaid tax, interest and penalties.

By notifying the authorities, you will hopefully be preventing the agent/investor from pulling the same sloppy stunt again, thereby saving others from the same frustrations you feel.Whichever route you take, try to get the emotions out of the way, let it go and keep moving forward.

Tell them you do a background check and get authorization to do that and do it.

I'm aware of that I had a little stickler moment I guess of being so focused on the fact that I wanted to make sure I was understanding what the author was trying to get across before I moved on. much appreciated brother.

I own a lot of vacant land of 9,000 sq ft approximately in a zone that is authorized to build a triplex or fourplex in Southern California (Imperial County area).

:@Ashish AcharyaSee this page:https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/how-to-pay-your...I'm quite shocked that LegalZoom would publish such garbage, and authored by an attorney, no less.

After going through the tenant selection and housing inspection process, the housing authority told me that even though the property is single family, since it shares a wall with another property, they will treat it as a townhome and only use townhome comparabales for rent calculations.

If you don't do this then the house is not insured if you have a claim because the policy covers the named insured and the seller does not own it so they can't be insured and then you are screwed.You need to get a limited power of attorney from the seller giving you authority to do anything to or for the property.You need or should get a seller disclosure acknowledging that understand the due on sale clause and are accepting the risk.There are a few other doc's I do to cover my butt but won't go into those here.I always get an email from the seller with some language that says- here is my login and password to xxx bank.

I would also let her know now, in writing about the code and that if she sends you another check that does not clear you will send it to the proper authorities as it's a misdemeanor. https://www.traviscountytx.gov/county-attorney/hot...Given her reply...

The trust will have all the rules you have to follow and what authorities you have.