Hi BP members,My name is Mathew I am a travel nurse currently working in Santa Rosa, CA.

I contacted the original owner, and that's the story she gave me.I called the local county Tax Assessor that they redirected me to the local Land Commissioner because they don't keep records of taxes that's been overdue for 3 years.After talking with the Land Commissioner, overdue taxes for the last 4 years is only $380.00 but only the original owner could pay for it. 

Having 5 (maybe up to eight) free and clear houses in good locations and good tenants, and continue working my full-time job with no pressure to do overtime or with the possibility to retire early, and travel more or spend quality time with my future family would be an ideal goal for me.What would you guys do?

You'll usually need some sort of guarantor that will not declare bankruptcy the minute something goes wrong; too easy to do that in an LLC.Once you have a track record, private money folks will lend to you, and on larger properties (large MF) commercial real estate banking looks almost exclusively at the property.Spend some time researching the financing options.  

If you do not have a track record then you may need to figure out what you can do to help provide a little more security. 

He moved out before the eviction was completed, so his record probably still looks pretty clean.

This second assigment is not recorded and will effectively transfer your property to your LLC.There are plenty of informative videos about how to use land trust and llc.

Public records are online in most states....google up the county Property Appraiser, Land Tecords, whatever it is called there.

They produced documentation for the POA and record of $65k transfer before the quit claim to current owner.  

For the record, it's not my 1st rental, but I just haven't bought either one using any conventional products.