Non-governmental liens don't always go away like city liens, IRS liens, other federal liens.Title company or title attorney can help you research liens, or find someone to teach you how to do it.You can buy from the owner perhaps before the sale....you let title company or closing agent pay off taxes at closing....you don't do that yourself before you close.   

My house has aluminum wiring (one breaker is copper, the rest aluminum), a federal pacific box, and a couple other electrical projects. 

Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: maybe make it like a Lenders license I have U have full fbi criminal and personal financial and credit report.. does not mean you have to be super star but just cant be bad.To get my GC in Cali, I had to do a full fingerprinting and state and federal background check.

I just want to make sure that’s correct from a federal student loan repayment perspective. 

Every $100k in gain up to the limits, $250k (if single) or $500k (if married) will save you $15k in federal taxes and I’m guessing $5-10k in state taxes?  

Navy Federal, as an example, needs a long time to close and requires tax returns, but has a 20 year draw and a 20 year payback period…takes much longer than others, but that payback period is amazing.  

Know your local laws and the federal laws.

Hayden,There's a study on the Federal Reserve website called "The Rate of Return of Everything".

Hi All,As I look at my options to finance my first RE deal, I was researching the early withdrawal penalty from TSP (Federal equivalent to 401K) and just learned that I can take out a TSP loan with no penalty, no tax impact and just have to pay it off with interest (seems to be 4-5% range right now) within 60 months. 

If the city, county, state, or even federal government is ever in a situation where they can't pay... then we have bigger problems at hand lol!