Category: Tax Sale Articles

Property Tax Sale – Free Lists Online

| June 15, 2011 | 4 Comments
Property Tax Sale – Free Lists Online

Property Tax Sale / Delinquent Property Files Often Found Online – Free! Property tax sale lists used to be a bit of a pain to get a hold of – you either had to make a public records request and wait for that to be fulfilled, or purchase a property tax sale list from a [...]

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Over the Counter Tax Sales

| November 26, 2010 | 4 Comments
Over the Counter Tax Sales

At nearly all tax sales, there are parcels that do not sell for even the minimum amount of taxes owed. An interesting thing to note about this phenomenon is that it indicates overassessment of a property to an almost unbelievable degree. The property is being taxed in excess of its true market value over the [...]

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Tax Sales Increasingly Outsourced to Private Companies

| November 23, 2010 | 2 Comments
Tax Sales Increasingly Outsourced to Private Companies

Responsibity for Tax Sales Now Often Contracted Out More counties are outsourcing their tax sales to private companies. This has some definite implications for us as investors. Whereas government often doesn’t have an incentive to create efficiencies, private companies do. As a result we’re seeing greatly enhanced information access almost immediately when a private company [...]

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Government Tax Sales – Profit Without Cash

| November 15, 2010 | 2 Comments
Government Tax Sales – Profit Without Cash

Government Tax Sales – The Hidden Bargains There are actually several different ways to profit from government tax sales. You can avoid attending auctions, bidding against others for properties, or waiting for tax liens to mature completely. More in a second. In order to obtain properties directly from government tax sales, you will need to [...]

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