I am in Harris county of Texas.

We were transferred to Andersen AFB in 1999 where we survived typhoon Chattan and typhoon Ponsonga before being transferred back to Yokota AFB in Japan in 2003.

I was looking through the Harris County Tax website today and came across an interesting scenario.

Thus liens from IRS, water and sewer, demolition, mowing, etc,. will survive the tax sale. 

It's not a great return because a relatively large numbers of those are a surviving spouse and I haven't received any calls from any of those leads.

I'm not saying that sometimes a deal doesn't slip through the cracks but it would be very rareMy guess is that deal was the HOA foreclosing due to unpaid fees and there were liens that would survive the HOA foreclosure

Most of the time government liens are the only liens to survive.

This varies from state to state and often time even more so county to county; there are some liens that survive an auction so be sure to do due diligence prior to an auction. 

Every Tom, Dick, and Harry, would be Real Estate Investor from around the country (maybe world-wide) is able to bid on-line, driving up the bidding to astronomical heights!

The Harris County auctions have become way overpriced.