The individual counties have tax liens, was this part of a business (corporate entity) that owed sales tax?

Passive income is my ultimate desire and getting away from the corporate 9-5.

I finished school and currently work in a corporate job, I also currently have my real estate license in New York and have worked with buyers and sellers part time.  

C-Corp taxation is one of the highest structures and is subject to "double taxation" on the corporate profits and again at the shareholder level when the profits are distributed as dividends.

Anyone who has spent time in corporate America will recognize this reality. 

Often, for a variety of reasons, they don't want to be identified and they shield their ownership behind Delaware or Nevada corporations or complex arrangements where other people show up as owners when, in fact, they are not.

Clicking around the FNMA website a while back, I found a little 'marketing' section where they gave me the option to rename Fannie Mae HomeStyle to whatever I want, upload company logo, and poof out comes a PDF flier for my ra-branded FNMA HomeStyle loan with the compliance small print already in place, my contact info, and with a fancy custom product name to create a sense of exclusivity, as well as company logo. 

@Al Beahn Yah, I'm so with you, I'm more than ready to get out of corporate America. 

I'm still a firm believer that both of these markets are GREAT, rents in DFW are higher and lots of corporations are moving here, but if you're buying in the right areas in either market you should be good. 

You wouldn't be able to do any real estate investing in Maryland with just the alien corporation.