Whither (wither?) goeth this board?

[Dave2]

With no suitable tax sale parcels in site, I for one have had to resort to purchasing my next piece of development property through the old channels, and paying market value....but you do get what you pay for.   

Nothing wrong with the old channels.  Majority of my purchases for last 3 years have been none tax sales and best one by far is a regular real estate sale.  Problem is duplicating it once you have had the luck to find one. 

[Dave2]

There is an old saying about 'honour among thieves'
and that is the way of the civilized members of the wolf pack.
Those of us who specialize in small game like 'lemmings' generally
do not attract the attention elite big game hunting  
members of the fraternity because after all when you hunt
caribou or walrus, who would eat lemmings.  But like in any ecosystem
there are harder years and this forces the pack to consider smaller game.
  
You hear a howl way off in the distance and say to yourself
"No it can't be?"  The howl of the elite ALPHA ALPHA free
range wolves and they are heading into what you regard
as your home patch of lemmings.  So you get ready for a
battle royal not that you don't have it already.  You wonder why
you have the most competitive market in Ontario.  Oh for the good hunting of
far away lands where no other wolf is to be found.

At least the onsite research could be conducted in what you think is the nicest time of year,
nice warm early midweek fall day with migrating butterflies and bird and
 the buzzing of late season bees as they
collect nectar from the last of the flowers.  

Finally the day dawns and with the hint of rain you foolishly  hope that the alpha
wolves will be discouraged.  A quick email exhange with the Alpha
wolves mate dashs that hope; "He left at 4:00 am." and you know
that the hunt is on.  Free range wolves are used to travelling long distances
to find prey.

Fast forward to mid afternoon and you have a half hour to kill, and you decide to check the registry
because you are not sure of the exact location of one property.  Suddenly there they are;
lean hunters with steely eyes that do not miss a thing.  

Pleasantries are exchanged and former battles are recounted while you wait.  
Then it is time for the opening.  

A surprise as you and the alpha wolves are the only attendees while an efficient and capable
city staff runs the opening.  The staff run it professionally and well and you wish more
could be run this way.  

Steel eyes note everything including your own bids.  As is typical for this municipality
competition is ruthless.  One property you miss the winning bid by $200 and are third.
  
Finally it comes to the one you thought they were after but no signs. Finally the tender
is done; a post audit and suddenly they are silently gone until the next time.
You wonder did you give too much away; they now know how to measure you
and you are still in the dark. You wonder if it you they wanted to measure or was it the new wolverine of the opposite sex who are much more ruthless then the male variety.

[Frank]

Dave

Sometimes, not always, but sometimes, your meanderings remind me of that mountain guy.  

Just say what you mean, and mean what you say.  

Keep this up and I may just wander over there next time to see what all the fuss is about.  Seems you guys need a cartographer to point you in the right direction. 

[RaisinBoxx]

Dave2 - I rather enjoyed your post - This board wouldn't be the same without you! Thank you for always keeping me entertained.
On a different note with respect to 'Withering',  I am starting to see what you mean, for instance....where the heck is the contest section? I still have yet to win my tritarget camera   Also, I am running out of articles and information to read.... anyone care to point me in a direction that will lead to a wealth of knowledge in this 'tax sale' area?

[RaisinBoxx]

One more question, completely non related to tax sales...whats the karma stuff to the left of the discussion boards about?

Is this a good thing?

Rich

[Rob]

It's a good thing.  It's kinda like facebook's likes.

If you liked a message from someone you might want to 'applaud' them (you can find that under there name).    If you didn't maybe you want to 'smite' them which would give someone -1 karma. 

The number you see is the total applauds-smites.

[Dave2]

Dave
  

Keep this up and I may just wander over there next time to see what all the fuss is about.  Seems you guys need a cartographer to point you in the right direction.    

 

You are welcome anytime.  I must admit I am surprised how the limited returns from local checkerboard would interest the big game hunters.

So expecting your visit we have arranged for a "moose" to be included in the next round of local offerings, so the big game hunters will not be disappointed.  Private Message me for details.

Ernest Bidder: as no one will believe me for a couple of cold ones do you think you could accompany me and serve as a witness

[ErnestBidder]

  When I did the original posting, I had a brain fart, and honestly could not remember which spelling was correct, so am daily amused by my inclusion of "wither", the real meaning of which never struck me.

  To RaisinBoxx, the best advice anyone can give is to read each and every posting on this forum, from day one: it is a real education.

  Dave2, have you been re-reading Kerouac, or another writer of that era? Your earlier posting seems to have a lyrical feel to it, reminescent(sp?) of long-ago authors; while the names are hard to bring to the forefront, the writing flavour is still engraved in my memory banks.

  I appreciate the moose-hunting invitation, but, sad to say, am locked in a battle for time, trying to get the ducks aligned for my building permit application for my (semi-) retirement home, hoping to get the ICF shell up and all closed in and heated, before snow & ice makes known their presence. Man oh man, has the building code ever made a huge leap forward! The big problem is that my brain didn't make the same leap, but stumbled.

[Dave2]

   Dave2, have you been re-reading Kerouac, or another writer of that era? Your earlier posting seems to have a lyrical feel to it, reminescent(sp?) of long-ago authors; while the names are hard to bring to the forefront, the writing flavour is still engraved in my memory banks.

  I appreciate the moose-hunting invitation, but, sad to say, am locked in a battle for time,  Man oh man, has the building code ever made a huge leap forward! .

Ernestbidder:  

This is what happens when you have the twin sins of being a consultant and writer.  Sorry about your challenges it seems to get worse day by day.  

Now back to our moose. I guess we have to help our comrades from the big city. Click on the following URL and go to tax sale 6.  

http://trenthills.ca/en/resourcesGeneral/November202013taxsalepackage.pdf

Moose is easy enough to find even for this guy.  

It is located in the front yard of an occupied property and only hunting with a CAMERA is allowed.  Like all tax sales no guarantee as to quality.  (think 3 week old road kill).  
two cold ones for the first person to post a picture.  who said all the big game is gone.