How I Handle Messy Property Titles (Podcast Ep#170)

<p>Jessey catches up with Karl James, a familiar face on this show and someone who was there for a lot of his early days in land. Karl retired from a decades long career a few years back and now treats land as a hobby he takes seriously, focusing on properties with messy titles, heirship issues, and delinquent taxes.</p><p>In this episode, Karl walks through how he pulls leads straight from tax court filings, why he only works a handful of counties in Texas, and how he decides between self-closing a deal or going through a full title process. He also shares a real case study where he turned $5,000 into $25,000 profit in about three months, and talks candidly about the ethics of buying distressed land at a discount.</p><p>Karl also opens up about bringing his son and daughter into the business, what worked, what didn&#39;t, and what he&#39;d tell anyone thinking about mixing family and land deals.</p><p>What You&#39;ll Learn:</p><ul><li><p>How Karl finds messy title and tax delinquent leads directly from court records</p></li><li><p>Why he sometimes self-closes deals and pays back taxes only at the time of sale</p></li><li><p>How he thinks through the ethics of buying distressed land for cents on the dollar</p></li><li><p>Lessons learned bringing his son and daughter into the family land business</p></li></ul>