I saw the clearest presentation of the concept in Jeffrey Taylor's book, Landlord's Toolkit, which I think was clearly a notch well above the other rental property books out there for tips and tricks and mindset.

There are tons of books, articles, and resources here on biggerpockets and on the web.

As for reference information, the most up to date tax deed / tax lien book I've read was published on Feb 1, 2007.

You'll go in find some great books and buy them.

Bigger lenders tend to work by their own book.

Lloyds actually closed their Yen book to non-Yen earners in April due to the size of the Yen book growing very quickly to a size which their Head Office were not happy to see compared to other currencies - most of these new Yen loans coming from US based applicants.

In fact, there's a book on it.

Most books are written generally so they can apply (and be sold) across all 50 states, which guarantees that they are not specific enough to be able to trust their guidance for your state, county, and city.

noobdog1,Thank for the input. 8) Some of your response was convered in my books.

You should definitely ask questions, read books, join your local REIA, post questions on this forum, etc.