property taxes and property tax liens are 1st position over anything and everything here in my county.

Now, in the county where I work, there was some flooding last year right before tax time so the IRS allowed residents, and people who used accountants in the counties affected by flooding (IRS came out with a list) had an extra 2 months to file penalty and interest free.

County records are good in some places as is a title company.

[Some] articles were from February and mentioned Dade County/Miami in Florida and other US states, so it has gone from border to border.

:)A county near me just authorized 400M to buy vacant homes...

The title company instructed me to take them to the county and have them changed on public record.

I'm just curious as to what other Investors use to calculate the ARV or FMV when you have trouble finding COMPS (this is assuming that your NOT using a Realtor), See I normally will use websites like Zillow and RealEstate ABC.com to pull COMPS, But their are times when they are No HELP, Because of lack of Information and I'm NOT currently working with a Realtor, So that option is out of the Picture and YES I know that you can go check the Counties web site (Assessed Value) But, That too is usless a lot of times, Due to lack of proper Updating.

I plan on working in the syracuse/rochester markets but currently im targeting upstate ny, i.e (Niagara and Erie Counties).

In most state/counties, their contact information is right there on the form.

Will the lender paid the property taxes and insurance or should I pay them myself directly to the county and the insurance company?