What are the benefits, if any, of managing your own tax lien investments over investing in a tax lien fund? The lack of thorough due diligence (ie local knowledge); the difficulty (and increased risk) of managing potential foreclosure from abroad not to mention your time invested in researching the available lien inventory must eat into the potential ROI as compared to a one off investment in a tax lien fund which itself can return around 16% pa. I'm interested in what people know about this?