Title - The title should be open and cleared for closing.

@Frank W Lentine it depends on how you jold title to the property.

I don't think that anyone who is even remotely related to him realizes that the property is in tax title or that it could be deemed legally theirs. 

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They are either paying or not paying, but you can't "buy" title to the property with the note in either case like you do with the BRRR. 

I wanted to know if anyone knows of any attorneys that specialize in clearing title from tax sales.

It depends on how title is held, how long he held title, and if the seller lived in the property for 2 of the last 5 years. 

But you need to make that decision based on the market you're in and what you're comfortable with.BTW, I don't know how you're holding the title on these properties, but if they are all under your name you may want to consider transferring these into LLCs.

As the title states, I'm new to the BP community and would like to get into REI.