I was born and raised in southern CT and I think I have a good idea of what's what in the area and hope that will be an asset to me in local real estate.I currently work 9-5 as an engineer at a small design and consulting firm and I'm looking to enter into the real estate market on the side (for now!).

I joined BP in an effort to learn more about how others operate as real estate investors, and see what their road map toward financial freedom looks like. 

I would be open to short term mentoring with an agreed upon financial arrangement.

So you currently have income that you can rely on to get you to you goal of financial independence . 

Never once had one redeem in all the years..Not to say there Is not a first time for everything :)of course if you can get the release pre sale this could be a benefit in two ways for the note buyer.One it could produce 3p bidders that would buy the note and if the OP bought it at a significant discount this could be a nice quick flip.. but if the sole intention is to gain control of the asset one MAY be wise to keep the IRS lien in place to scare off other bidders and risk the redemption that in all likelihood will never happen..  

The family I am assisting is in a dire financial situation.  

I wouldn't spend a considerable amount of effort only focusing on that asset class.

@Adam Kuhn it's not a joke decision but once you have enough passive income from your investment  you will love this financial freedom.

are you looking to get in actively (flips and/or self-managing rentals) or more passively (turnkey properties or financial partner)?

I'm a financial planner by profession, I deal largely with company and state retirement plans and assisting clients with retirement funding analysis.