Make sure to do a quick google search -> Your City "County PRoperty Appraiser Site" -> then input the address and find out if the property was sold or not.

I may contact the city housing authority and see if I can get anywhere with them.

It's definitely a city that has been booming recently.When you say your expenses per month are $1910, is that PITI (Principal, interest, taxes, insurance), and HOA fees combined? 

If so, I'm curious what resources are you using to research the local laws per each city?

I am located in Salt Lake City.

Looking to start out with a STR property and have a few cities picked out. 

Neither will the other title company in town.Here is the timeline on this parcel. 2013 - Collector's Deed issued to the city due to a lien placed on it for the expense of demolition of condemned house2016 - Declared excess property by city2017 - Sold at auction to an acquaintance of ours who intended to build on it9/2018 - Owner changes his mind about building and agrees to sell it to us for $5,000Now, $5,000 is no big risk to worry about someone clouding the title by claiming that proper procedures weren't followed and trying to redeem it, BUT we plan to put about $120,000 into building a duplex on it. 

So I have this potential deal and most title companies in my city don’t work with wholesalers.

I'd FOIA some of the local city governments/school districts/etc... to see what real estate they are selling and ask if any of them already have cell towers on them. 

They were licensed and it was required by my city.