u/Successful_Prize_286

I buy and sell vacant land in Florida, and one thing I learned pretty quickly is that a low opening bid does NOT automatically mean a good deal.

I got tired of digging through huge tax deed auction lists just to realize most of the parcels were never worth researching in the first place, so I built my own scrub process.

Before I get excited about a parcel, I’m usually looking at things like:

• Acreage and parcel size (there is generally a minimum that my hubsand and I are willing to consider, it varies per county)
• Opening bid vs. realistic resale value (based on our model)
• Road/access concerns (we usually only care about legal access)
• Basic zoning and usability
• Flood or wetland red flags (scrub jay zones!!)
• Recent vacant-land comps
• Whether there’s actually enough spread to make the deal worthwhile
• Owner/mailing information if there’s time to contact them before auction

I also keep the rejected properties and the reason I rejected them.

That part has actually been one of the most useful pieces because sometimes the value isn’t finding 10 “good” properties. It’s eliminating 100 bad ones before wasting hours researching them.

For the properties that survive the scrub, I’ll do a little deeper research and come up with a suggested max bid based on the strategy I’m using for that property. I am able to bid on more properties without sifting through hundreds of parcels that dont meet my criteria right off the bat. That means that I am winning more properties in auction, and I am much more confident in my pricing and much more okay with walking away from deals.

I recently started doing custom Florida auction scrubs for other investors based on their own buy box too.

I am curious as to how other land investors here are approaching tax deed auctions.

What is the first thing that makes you immediately reject a parcel?

What are we wearing?! What should I know?! this is my first Qveen show !

I’m posting because I’m having two MAJOR issues with QuickBooks and I cannot get meaningful escalation support.

First issue:
My bank recently completed a backend overhaul/rebrand, and QuickBooks can no longer establish a connection through the third-party authenticator. I am able to log into my banking platform itself with the authentication methods, but when I use the same method to establish connection with quickbooks, I am receiving Error 102 repeatedly, and support acknowledged this appears to be related to the bank’s backend/authentication changes. The connection has been broken since MAY 11th, and while I was patient at first, I am extremely frustrated as this is affecting daily operations.

 

Second issue (more serious):
During my support conversation, I expressed to the agent how frustrated I was with the whole issue and how disappointed I was with the lack of resolution and considering leaving QuickBooks, support offered me a promotional discount/upgrade to try to retain us as a customer. I told them we would have to pass on that, and that we were not interested. 

 

I was told multiple times that I would receive a prorated refund/credit and would not incur an additional charge, but I would instead be getting a refund. Based on those assurances, I agreed to the proposed 'change'. However, my card was then charged!!!!

 

I specifically asked:
“What will I be charged today?”

The support representative responded:
“You will actually get pro rated refund since we will apply the discount promo on your account.”

I have screenshots of the entire conversation.

At this point I need:

• a proper escalation contact,
• clarification on the bank connection/authenticator issue,
• and resolution of the billing dispute.

I’ve been a customer for a long time, but this experience has been extremely frustrating and honestly damaging trust in the platform.

Has anyone else dealt with:

• Error 102 after a bank backend migration/rebrand?
• or billing changes being explained one way but charged another?

I am posting here as I am not even able to post in the quickbooks community. you cannot make this s""t up.