No parking and not close public transpo?

It's a bit dated but has some good info.https://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications/community-dividend/risks-and-realities-of-the-contract-for-deed

The public trustee publishes the list of properties to be auctioned on Monday afternoon and the sale happens Wednesday morning. 

Secondly what is your access to list sources of public info? 

If you are unlucky enough to live in a technologically backwards area that still doesn't have public records online, you will unfortunately have to actually drive down to the courthouse to do this.  

I meet the people in their office or a public space. 

George argued that when the site or location value of land was improved by public works, its economic rent was the most logical source of public revenue. [1]Adam Smith said “nothing could be more reasonable”; Milton Friedman termed it “the least bad tax”.

I am planning on counting the loan as a loan not secured by my home per IRS publication 936. 

1) I think my wife would bludgeon me with a dull object if I publicly talked about her wanting "cosmetic" surgery.

They have a lot of good stuff.http://www.irs.gov/publications/p463/ch02.html