Life gets hectic sometimes and they're only little for a short time. 

Susan - The short answer is normally the liens are wiped out by the tax sale, and subsequent quiet title lawsuit. 

If I were you, I would make my primary short term objective to analyze as many deals as possible to understand what is out there to come up with a realistic target.

Long story short, I finally got a house under contract after two years of following bigger pockets and being interested in real estate so I am excited about my progress!

I am in short term vacation rentals currently, but I'd like to expand to other asset classes, such as Multi-family, SFR, and Long Term Rentals.

1.Ask for a copy of their standard seller side and buyer side closing documents2.Ask if they close any non-traditional type transactions you intend to use.3.Ask for a copy of their standard fees, and if title policy rates are not set by a governing body4.Ask about insurance premium rates.5.I would ask them if they are investor friendly.6.If they double close and if what do they, ask what do they charge for the 2nd close?

I would guess that the short term future will continue to be a Fix and Flip for homes or a quick flip. 

These are the people most likely to use sub 800sf and would find a short-term lease desirable.

While I'm not currently looking to settle down, I enjoy traveling to #1 enjoy other cities, #2 scope real estate, #3 enjoy said cities with intelligent female company on short notice without the typical dating hoops to jump through just to be able to have true quality time with a great lady.

Long story short, after a few backs and forth, and a long delay from the seller's agent (due to health issues), we finally got the contract signed.