I completely agree with your assessment here.

And it keeps you from fielding dozens more phone calls down the road that would occur when they feel like they can take advantage of you.Good luck!

I looked at a property a month ago where taxes were 9%+ of assessed value, and they usually assess at 50% of purchase price; If your deal had the same situation, you'd be looking at over $40k just in taxes. 

Usually it takes looking at a dozen before one is worth making an offer on. 

I know it's a bit of a lagging indicator, however since I'm investing out-of-state I need a strategy for quickly assessing the rough potential of many unfamiliar markets, after which I'll dive into a few specific markets in greater detail (crime rates, population growth/decline, path-of-progress info from city councils, etc.).At the moment, I have the following:-Whole Foods: A or B-class-Dollar Tree / Dollar General: B- or C-class-MoneyGram or other check-cashing companies: C-class-Bail bonds companies- C-class-Psychic readings: C-classI'm trying to stick to companies that people patronize frequently (i.e. a Tesla or Mercedes dealership would be less-useful, since people only purchase cars infrequently).My questions:1) So far, I've only been able to identify B-class neighborhoods if I find an A-class company and a C-class company in the same shopping complex.  

In Georgia (where I have bought dozens of tax deeds), there is a one year "right of redemption".  

Whereas when I do this in a market where I'm invested and some others I'm interested in, there are maybe a few dozen listings at best, and 80-90% of what's not booked is either garbage or too expensive. 

Specific Details are:--Tax assessed, the land is valued at 265k while the building is valued at 207k.

There is no magic new strategy for finding sellers, it's about assessing data and processing it, getting good contact info or sending compelling, not sleazy postcards.

In order to determine whether note investing is really for me I have been in touch with several other note experts and just had a chance to talk with @Scott Carson who gave me a very straight-up honest assessment of the note industry and what's involved.This is important to me as I need to make a decision right now whether and how to move forward into the note arena, given all my other business endeavours and time commitments.