Creative destruction is a positive force in the economy.http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/CreativeDestruction.htmlWalter

Is there a legal and creative way to do this process?

I can offer my passionate enthusiasm, dedication, research, and creative problem solving design solutions in a real estate venture.

I think you'd need to get very creative and strategic about it but I'm pretty sure direct mail could still work in this space- at least that's what I'm planning to do in Florida. 

When it comes to commercial, you're going to get a pretty awesome education working for a commercial brokerage, BUT a lot of them might have one or two ways to go about generating leads and they might be a little rigid about how creatively you can do things (I've also heard starting out, commercial real estate takes a lot longer to get to your first commission check - so be prepared, financially, if you're going full time, to not get paid for 6 months to a year). 

Krauthammer is an excellent writer and his psychiatry background gives him a unique take on things.

hello my name is mike Iam a novice at real estate investing however I want to obtain this property but need funding to rehab and get the taxes paid up the story is as follows, I found a very run down property in my neighborhood the owner owns the property with no mortgage, however he is in jail and owes approximately 55,000 in back taxes the property has been abandon since 2007 and left to the elements the owner only wants 10,000 for the property after its sold and rehabbed, I have terrible credit and no money to put into this home only what the property is worth and at this point with it being so rundown I don't know what that would be, hehe's willing to quit claim it to me for nothing at this point, until its rehabilitated like i stated before but I only have till July 17 to pay the 2009 taxes that were sold or the whole deal goes away I have been wrecking my brain on how to get this done with nothing but my ambition however I've come short of creative ways to do this I want the property as an investment and wholesaling it doesn't seem to be viable because the taxes are so delinquent can someome please help me

I'm less concerned about what to do after, given the variety of investing options but given CA rents don't cash flow without creativity, I'm curious if you would do something differently.

This client's property was not worth doing a cost seg study on without a creative tax strategy.

Its clear that so much love and creativity has gone into it.