And when you purchase an REO property, you sign in agreement that they make no warranties or guarantees about the property.If the public record is incorrect, the original owner before the foreclosure probably never grieved their taxes to get the correction made.

I recently was at a seminar and the speaker said he has much better success in the 4th month or so after the person dies, as it takes about that long for the people to grieve and then be interested in selling.

Really, it's just people who are inexperienced and uncomfortable talking with doneone who they are afraid might be grieving, While some certainly are, not all widows are grief struck.

It's up to someone to contact the tax assessor's office themselves to initiate a tax grievance.Also, if you grieve your taxes this May, for example, and the county decides to accept a lower assessed value, they do not change the amount or assessment for the payment due in October.

If you are looking to cash flow $100-200 per month fully rented you are going to have to get it well under asking (closer to 75K), grieve the taxes, and bump the rents a little.

They (the tax certiorari) works on contingent fees and are only paid if successful in grieving the taxes. 

My issue is how do you approach someone or a family that is grieving?

@Joe OdereOffer support, but allow them time to grieve.  

Those folks are grieving and they don't welcome those types of calls.5) These probate leads are in all different stages of the probate process.

As I've observed time after time, when the grieving is over, someone will always look up and ask, "...Well, how much do you think we'll each get?"