You need to be able to assess all the different categories in your market, understand them based on your market and choose one that you can get your head around and find value in. 

All has been fun and rewarding on different levels but as the years have progressed, the equation of trading long hours for additional income has forced me to re-evaluate my investing strategies, principles and goals.I arrived at Bigger Pockets after kick-starting a personal goal to look at passive income investments streams a few months ago.  

Perhaps if you tell him it was a tax sale they could make an exception and use the Assessed value. 

Consider this, you most likely will be setting your own financial progress back 10+ years taking on over leveraged property.  

Yes David, I agree and that comes from ignorance and the investor not properly assess values which simply leads to disagreements and deals killed as a result.

From there, see if you can get a real estate agent to pull comps on comparable houses and see if they have assessed your property correctly. 

Maybe I will share my progress here. 

Looking forward to seeing the progress.

County tax assessed at $38,000.

Most of the houses we purchased sight unseen ended with regret and a lot of work, but the one we didn't back out of is cash flowing, so just assess your situation, make the most of it, and move on.