5 years. Although if they’re having problems, they’ll probably go into foreclosure before then…

But, I generally wouldn’t just use the tax information to assess whether someone is doing well or not.
1) A lot of folks forget to pay.
2) Some folks actually don’t pay until close to 5 years intentionally, because they feel they can beat the penalties if they take the money and invest it elsewhere (Yes, I never understood this one) (neighbor does this).
3) Some can’t pay due to a cash flow issue and wait to the end to rejuggle their finances to pay.

Anyway, why should you care about what others said, after so long anyway? Why bother comparing yourself to the Jones down the street anyway? Suppose they are doing bad (probably). Do you really plan to rub their noses in the ground? If you’re happy with your decision for moving upstate NY, great..Get on with your life instead of wasting time on people that obviously don’t care about you and that you shouldn’t care about. You shouldn’t need a validation of their ultimate demise for you to feel like you made the right decision on moving. That would be petty, imho.