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Most cities have laws that allow for accessory structures of less than 200 sq. ft. but they cannot be used as a dwellings and cannot be the only structure on a parcel.

Terri, I don’t think the strategy of emphasizing the increase in tax revenue will get any traction as Mecklenburg County has over 350,000 parcels that are surely valued in excess of several billion dollars. 

I have a 20 acre parcel, that is within 5 minutes of shopping, restaurants, etc. and 10 minutes to hospitals, etc.

I have gone through the process of splitting the lot in to a flag lot, 2 parcels, and have just finalized architectural plans to build a duplex on each lot, 4 units total.  

From cooking large quantities of food in advanced for the week to when I'm going to make my phone calls the next day.

Taiwan for example seems like a tight and dense city with great transportation, welcoming culture, and low food / everyday costs.

Percentage with the most number of bids overall:2015 - 6% 2,391 bids2014 - 7% 3,542 bids2013 - 4% 36,251,623 bidsMost bids per lien/parcel:2015 - 7 liens had 24 bids2014 - One lien had 41 bids2013 - One lien had 470,295 bidsCreated an interesting Pivot table where I grouped the liens by "Property Use Description".

I get $5000 in August and $5000 in January, which will go straight into the reserve funds.So right now for instance, I currently pay around $600/month in rent not including utilities, so my financial aid pretty much goes to paying rent and food with some left over.

A total of $1,339,839.22 in liens not sold.Number of liens sold to investors:2015 - 7672014 - 1,0622013 - 1,220Total dollar of liens sold:2015 - $752,379.782014 - $1,359,566.572013 - $1,868,433.33Average rate of return overall:2015 - 6.52% (12.58% if you include the Struck to County which all get 16%)2014 - 6.58%2013 - 6.83%Number of Investors who won liens:2015 - 682014 - 692013 - 106Total Number of bids for all liens:2015 - 4,3112014 - 6,2542013 - 54,255,0890You bid down the interest rate in 1% increments from 16% down to 0%.Rate Percent that had the most number of bids overall:2015 - 5% 551 bids2014 - 7% 1,162 bids2013 - 7% 18,001,058 bidsMost bids per lien/parcel:2015 - One lien had 35 bids2014 - One lien had 38 bids2013 - Two liens each had 482,840 bids I had more Use Descriptions for Coconino than Yavapai so there are more rows to break down the results for the lien auction among Property Uses.Again Vacant land had the highest rates and a large number of liens available: