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How can you learn to evaluate and appraise property being auctioned for tax deed and tad tax lien sales?

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Question by joan: How can you learn to evaluate and appraise property being auctioned for tax deed and tad tax lien sales?
Northern central Florida is the immediate area of interest. Currently I have no resources for buying, fixing and selling. Looking to buy decent property as is at tax deliquent auction at a price I can make a profit

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Answer by DJ
Look at the surrounding area and see if any homes are listed for sale, check real estate trends, condition of the property, location. Location is critical. People will pay a premium if the home is in a nice neighborhood. Get an appraisal book from the library if you want to learn more specific details. Or you can pay an appraiser a small fee to give you some pointers for your area.

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How can I get a Tax Lien Sales list for Wisconsin without joining a site?

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Question by lilyvix2: How can I get a Tax Lien Sales list for Wisconsin without joining a site?
I need to get a Tax Lien Sales/Auction list for Sawyer County Wisconsin, but I don’t want to pay to join a site. Can you help me?

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Answer by Dawg
contact your local IRS office they can send you in the right direction and let you know if they advertise the auctions in the local paper or other local publication

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Know More About Government Tax Liens

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Each and every owner of any kind of property is required file property taxes that is applicable to the stat and local governments. The tax will be based on the value of the property that is been owned and also in which state the property has been owned. Sometimes these taxes are referred to as the Real Estate Taxes.

Sometimes there arises some severe condition where the owner of the property will not be able to pay the property taxes that are required to be paid. When this problem arises the owners of the properties become delinquent. Once if the delinquency has been recognized, then the in charge of collecting the property taxes will be upon the appropriate governing authority. Then the appropriate governing authority will collect the tax by tax auction or through tax sales.

All states in the country have their own set of separate laws that are regarded to the course of acts in collecting the delinquent taxes. Most of the times, the local government will be put in charge in this procedure of collecting the taxes. These property taxes that are collected are basically used for the betterment of the local communities. Actually there are 2 types of Government Tax sales that are used; they are Tax Lien Certificates and Tax Deed sales

The local government that is responsible will hold an auction called as Tax Sale for the Delinquent Tax properties. Normally the general bid will be the total sum of the taxes that is owned, any administrative charges and also the interest on the amount that is owed. The bidder who will bid for more at the tax lien auction will be awarded with the deed of the property. Please note that different set of rules are being followed by different states. The rules that are followed by the states will be regarding the restrictions on the possessions and also the time lapse that is required before a person is assigned with the absolute deeds.

The tax lien certificates will also be valued and auctioned at the amount of taxes that owed along with the interest and administrative charges, but this is the place where all the similarities will come to an end. In the cases Tax Lien Certificates, there will not be any transfer of the property deeds during the time of auction. Once if all these tax lien certificates are sold out, then the delinquent tax payer have to pay back the lien amount plus the interest charges that is occurred. Normally, about 16% to 18% will be paid back to the certificate owner.

In case if the delinquent tax payer fails due to pay the amount due to some reasons within the stipulated time that is fixed by the governing authority, then the tax lien certificate owner cane be awarded with the deed of the property only after the foreclosing on the lien in proper manner. So get to know prior information on tax liens, tax lien auctions, government tax liens and much more.

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Where To Find Tax Lien Auction

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

There are times when a property owner is unable to pay the obligation in property tax. When this happen, a property owner becomes a delinquent taxpayer and a governing authority is in charge of collecting the taxes. However, if the authority is not able to collect the required property taxes, they will opt to take the final step to collect the taxes. The public tax lien auction is the final step that will take the delinquent properties to be sold. Tax lien auction is an auction ordered by the court depending on the nature of sales in the form of tax lien certificates or tax deed sales.

Profiting From Tax Lien Certificate

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Tax lien auctions create Excess Funds – that you can get for yourself!These Proceeds comes from foreclosures.These foreclosure sales can come from a substitute trustee foreclosure, a foreclosure from a home owner assoc, or a result of a county tax auction. If someone goes to foreclosure on real estate, they are collecting on a debt secured by the property, and are making a person or entity to sell their jproperty to pay that amount owed.The problem that occurs for the bank is that the home can get more than the debt that needs to get paid. For instance, say a bank forecloses on Joe Smith because he is way behind on his payment. Let’s say he has a mortgage for $200 Grandtwo hundred thousand dollars} to the mortgage company and that his home sells as a result of a foreclosure for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Where does the $ end up?The mortgage company – or usually the substitute trustee for the mortgage co – pays out the debt owed on the real estate, with the tax folks – meaning any unpaid property taxes get paid before others in line. After that the bank has a right to what’s left. But, the bank can’t keep any overage. Assume there were $5K in lawyer costs due to the foreclosure sale, &) there were still owed taxes to be paid to the tune of five thousand dollars.What we have is:$250K sales price-Five thousand $ taken out to pay the municipality for taxes owed.-Five thousand $ paid to the law firm running the foreclosure sale.-$200,000 paid out to the bank.There now surplus of forty thousand dollars.Who gets that?Good question:, in a perfect world, surplus funds is due to the person who was foreclosed on. Here’s the problem – the municipality where the foreclosure was filed does not have the timed needed, skills, nor staff to track down the owner of those funds. Also the mortgage company doesn’t have a reason to track down person owed either – their only focus is to prove that they don’t keep any overage from the foreclosure sale. As a result the surplus goes into an earnest $ account, referenced to the file residing in the county clerk’s files. There it will remain for a long time:for up to a decade, before it is transferred to the states escrow coffer.Listen Up! During the time the cash is deposited in an escrow account for the municipality and then for the state, it is make interest. The county and then the State can claim that interest due to the fact that they’re keeping it for the past owner. At this point the obvious question that hits people is–Does the person due can just call the State or hit the internet and claim the funds from the state – or from the county if its been a short time – Right?No sir. Most times the cash is out of the rightful owner’s name at the point where it becomes a part of the states escrow acct. Its found by a case number that references the foreclosure case file in the municipalitys courthouse. So inquiries directed to the state commonly go unanswered or hit a dead end due to the fact that the cash is not in the name of the person due.Then What you just drive to the clerks office, find the case file, & show youre id, correct? Too Easy.. First, identifying the file has it’s own unqique prob’s, becaues the records aren’t called, ‘woohoo – look here records’. In the rare event you miraculously get to the storage place of the records, you have to look through the files (one at a time to ascertain which of the files thatwhich actually have surplus funds in them. But, once you identify one such file, you can locate much more using a easy method.Now Assume you locate the records, and see big amounts of dough for the rightful owners. Can you pull out that cash?Not without a special form. At this writing, many States don’t let you get over a tiny slice of the money when you identify it, specially if you attempt to make a deal with the person owed for identifiying the surplus. They often call these folks as ‘finders’, and limit their commission to 10-15%, and some States also require a Private Investigator’s license to be allowed. Then is the chance gone at this pt?Nope. BUT you can get those surplus in your name, regardless:nevermind the person who should have it implementing a program called the ‘Gold Mine’ – go get it at http://www.surplusfundsriches.comThere are 2 additional considerations here…1. It doesn’t make any difference how long the surplus has been in the earnest money acct. There is overage dating back 40 years plus yrs – so it doesnt make any difference if property values have lately dropped- pull cash from files that came about when the real estate market was on the rise.2. The System also can be used for tax auctions.Tax lien sales are just foreclosures that are due togovernment going after:attempting to collect taxes due on a home and are foreclosing to get that debt. The differences in tax auctions are:1. There is a chance for a much larger cash amount. chew on that. Unpaid taxes of $20K on a home that has other debt and sells for 300 grand. Yes ma’am!2. There might be a ‘redemption period’ of a (few years where you are required to sell the home back to the ex-owneryour buy price plus improvements. You could lease the house, put a small amount of update money into it, and make that $ back, betting the owner does not come back in the middle of the redemption time. That works cuz you will recoup what you have in it, if the owner does come back, and return the rent. However, the Gold Mine Program teaches you a much better way to benefit from sales from a tax auction. You will literally, using the ebook, let the home to be auctioned at a tax auction, and then claim the surplus funds due to the rightful owner Yourself! Seriously! We trust this program cuz we designed it. Its available at http://www.surplusfundsriches.com

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What You Need To Know About Purchasing Government Tax Lien Foreclosure Homes

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

A tax lien is the lien placed on a homeowner’s property by the county or municipality in the intent to collect a debt. Specifically, it is the action taken by the government to satisfy delinquent real property taxes on real estate. The governmental agency authorizes the tax lien to collect any lien which consists of delinquent taxes, accrued interest, and the cost associated with the sales. In many jurisdictions, the tax lien is the initial lien on the property; thereby granting it permissible to be sold at a tax lien auction as a tax lien certificate.

After placing a successful bid, prospective investors at a tax lien auction would have purchased a governmental- issued tax lien certificate. Subsequently, a tax lien certificate allows the investor to obtain two (2) things; a state- mandated yield from the lien or title to the property. The yield from the lien commands that the delinquent taxpayer pays in order to release the lien. After a certain amount of time (set by the jurisdiction), the certificate guarantees you the title of the property if the delinquent taxes aren?t paid. As a tax lien certificate holder, your investment is generally safe. Occasionally, investors have lost money in such procedures; therefore it is wise to fully comprehend the rules and laws of the area that you are bidding in, and be cautious not to pay too much for the tax lien itself.

There are five (5) basic methods to invest in tax liens in the event that more than one investor seeks the same lien. The winner is dependant upon each state’s laws, of course. Firstly, the prospective investor can bid down the interest. With this method, a buyer can accept lower rates of return. The winner of the tax lien certificate is the buyer that has accepted the lower rates. The premium buying procedure suggests that the investor who is willing to pay the highest “premium” (or excess beyond the lien amount) is declared the winner. Unfortunately, the premium may or may not earn interest and the investor may or may not be reimbursed upon redemption of the lien. Some states awards tax lien certificates randomly by selecting bidder numbers for each of the real estate properties that are up for auction. This is significant in that the concept of public auctions is becoming more and more mainstream and popular with the general public. In fact, within large counties, there are substantially developed internet- based auctions allowing outside bidders to participate. Yet, another tax lien buying procedure is the rotational selection. The rotational selection gives the investor holding bidder number one the first lien offer, whom actually has the right of first refusal. However, if bidder number one chooses to refuse, he will not be offered another bid until his number appears again in rotation. The final method for purchasing tax lien certificates is to bid down the ownership. In most instances, the investor will avoid bidding on liens for less than full right to the property or sale proceeds. None-of- the- less, the bid down the ownership method allows the investor to purchase the lien for the lowest percentage of encumbrance on the property. If the investor is willing to accept that the original owner will own the remaining percentage, then he/she will be awarded the lien.

It is important that you conduct your due diligence prior to making a final decision as tax lien sales aren?t for everyone. Furthermore, there are prominent benefits as well as risk to tax lien investing. One particular benefit is that the maximum rate of return in a tax lien is much higher than other investments. Unfortunately, the payment is required at purchase and failure to pay the full amount results in the cancellation of all lien certificate purchases.

The wealthy have been buying tax lien certificatess for years and banks have also been very active in this market It’s realistically one of the most recession-proof investments out there because the returns(15-50%!) are guaranteed by the government. Visit http://www.NewHotBizOpportunity.com to get a free 7 day online course that will teach you exactly what you need to know about investing in this lucrative industry.

Understaning Bidding Methods When Buying Tax Lien Certificates

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Tax lien sales have many different variations. The statutes vary by state. In many areas, the rules will also vary at the county level.

One of the most important things that you need to remember when buying tax lien certificates at a tax auction is understanding the method by which the county determines who is going to buy the tax lien certificate. In some areas, this is determined by the investor bidding down the interest rate for the lien. In many other areas the county will sell the liens on a percentage of ownership basis. In other jurisdictions, the county uses a round robin procedure to determine the winner of the auction. In this article, I will explain the differences between the methods and the advantages and disadvantages of each method.

The most common type of auction is the bid down auction. The auctioneer simply starts the bidding at the top rate for that jurisdiction and then the rate is bid down until the lien is sold. In certain areas, investors can make up for a low rate by paying subsequent taxes and through minimum rate guarantee statutes.

The advantage of the bid down method is you can easily bid on the exact lien that meets your needs. You also don’t have any possible co-ownership scenarios that can make it difficult to file foreclosure and take full possession of the property.

In other states, it is on a percentage of ownership basis. What this means is that the interest rate remains flat, but in the event of foreclosure, the investor and the property owner become co-owners of the property. The initial bid is with the investor at 100% and it goes down until the lien is sold.

This method is great for high interest rates. Iowa uses this method, which means that you are guaranteed a very nice 24% rate. The problem with this is that if you end up as a co-owner with the taxpayer, you may have an expensive legal hassle on your hands to actually take possession of the property.

In other states, the bidding is on a round robin basis. In these areas, the auctioneer offers the lien around the room until someone buys it. They are always at the maximum rate allowed by statute.

In round robin states, you get a nice guaranteed rate of return on your tax lien certificate, and don’t have to mess with the co-ownership issue. However, in round robin states, it is much more difficult to actually get the liens that meet your needs. If you decline during your turn, then you have to wait for luck of the draw to see if you get the lien that you want. If you are a big money investor, then it’s not that big of a deal because you can buy a lot of different liens. But as a smaller investor who can only afford a couple of the liens on the book, this restriction can be very limiting.

As you can tell, the bidding procedure is something that is very important in the tax lien research process. With proper planning, you can wade through the minefield and reap great rewards!

Carlos Scarpero is an experienced real estate investor who specializes in land. On his blog at http://www.scarpero.com/real_estate, he discusses innovative and creative real estate strategies to make your real estate investing more profitable.

How Can You Learn To Evaluate And Appraise Property Being Auctioned For Tax Deed And Tad Tax Lien Sales?

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Northern central Florida is the immediate area of interest. Currently I have no resources for buying, fixing and selling. Looking to buy decent property as is at tax deliquent auction at a price I can make a profit

How Can I Get A Tax Lien Sales List For Wisconsin Without Joining A Site?

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

I need to get a Tax Lien Sales/Auction list for Sawyer County Wisconsin, but I don’t want to pay to join a site. Can you help me?