Early Summertime Tax Sales

There is no shortage of early summertime tax sales! Here are the tax sales that you can look forward to this summer….

Summertime Tax Lien Sales

Maryland tax sales are wrapping up and there are only 4 counties left that will have their tax sales by the end of this month. New Jersey and Louisiana, also have tax sales this month and throughout the summer and many of those are online. Kentucky counties have tax sales coming up throughout the summer, but they are all live tax sales. West Virginia counties also have live tax lien sales coming up in early summer. All the Iowa tax sales are held on June 19 this year and many of them are online. The Wyoming tax sale season begins in July. Also in July is the Washington DC tax lien sale. Both the State of Wyoming and Washington DC have live tax sales.

Summertime Tax Deed Sales

There are not a lot of tax sales in the early summer on the west coast. But the east coast is loaded with them and many of those are online.

There are quite a few Florida tax deed sales coming up in July and August and many of them are online. Some of these counties may have tax sales as often as once a week! New York counties have tax deed sales from now through September and a few of them are online.

The state of Wisconsin also has a handful of counties that have sealed bid or online tax sales this month and next. But they typically do not have many properties in their tax sales. Sometimes there are only 1 or 2 properties in these Wisconsin tax sales.

A few Louisiana parishes have online tax deed sales in July, and many of these sales are online. Some Ohio counties also have tax deed sales from now until the beginning of September and a handful of those tax sales are online, although most of them are live. There are quite a few Virginia tax sales through June and July and many of them are now online.

There are plenty of live tax deed sales coming in Arkansas from July through September. The state of Idaho has 3 counties with tax sales scheduled this summer. But each of these tax sales has only 1 or 2 properties in the auction. And they are all live. New Mexico has 4 counties with live tax sales scheduled for June.

One of my favorite states for online tax deed auctions is Michigan. Michigan tax sales will begin in late July and early August and go through to the end of the summer. There are a couple of live tax sales coming up in June in the state of Kansas. And Wyandotte County has an online deed sale scheduled for August.

There are quite a few North Carolina counties with tax sales from now through September. But only counties that have larger cities have more than a handful of properties in their tax sales. There are also a few counties in my state – Pennsylvania, that have deed sales coming up. And some of them are now online. Some of the PA counties have combined their tax sales with the Sheriff sales and they are held on Bid4Assets.com.

Redeemable Deed Sales

Delaware has only 3 counties and they all have a tax sale in June or July. There are also 3 municipalities in Connecticut that have redeemable deed sales scheduled during June or July. Tax sales in Delaware and Connecticut are live auctions. There are a few counties in Tennessee that have tax sales this summer, and now some of them are online.

Some counties in Georgia and Texas have tax sales every month. These sales are usually on the first Tuesday of the month. But since this year the first Tuesday of July is the July 4th holiday, Georgia counties will have their tax July tax sales on the following day – Wednesday, July 5. Texas counties will likely skip having tax sales in July, so look for them on the first Tuesday of August. Only three GA counties and a handful of TX counties have their redeemable deed auctions online. The city of Philadelphia has an online redeemable deed sale in July.

Where are you spending your vacation this summer? If you’re going to be in one of these states, why not investigate the tax sales?

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Protecting Your Profit Starts Here…


How do you go about Protecting Your Profit From Tax Liens or Tax Deeds?

One question that I get over and over again when it comes to tax lien investing and tax deed investing is this: “How can I protect my investment and make sure that I don’t lose money on tax liens or tax deeds that I buy.”

One of the things that I see over and over again that hold people back from investing in tax liens is that they don’t know how to choose the right properties to bid on. They are afraid that they’ll lose money if they buy liens or deeds on the wrong properties. They’re afraid of  getting stuck with a property that isn’t valuable and they won’t be able to sell. Or that they’ll have to put a lot more money into it before they can sell it.

They know that it’s important to do their due diligence on tax sale properties, but they don’t know how. Most new tax lien investors think that protecting their profit starts with researching the properties in the tax sale. They’re not sure how much research to do to avoid a mistake that could cost them. But that is not where proper due diligence begins when it comes to protecting your profit in tax liens or tax deeds.

Protecting Your Profit Starts with This:

The best place to start when it comes to protecting your profit in tax liens or tax deeds is in picking right tax sales to bid at in the first place. Here’s why…

Some tax sales just aren’t worth going to. Either there are not enough good parcels in the tax sale, or the bidding is so competitive that it’s impossible to get a good deal. Or in some cases the procedures or rules for the tax sale make it hard for the investor to make money. This happens when extra fees are charged by the county or the online bidding platform that conducts the sale.

The best way to start is by thoroughly reviewing the tax sale procedures, terms and conditions. You want to make sure that you understand the rights and responsibilities of the tax lien holder or tax deed buyer. It’s also really helpful to review the results of previous tax sales for the auction that you plan on bidding in. That way you can look for patterns such as:

  • What has the ratio of bidders to properties in the sale been in past tax sales?
  • What is the average winning bid for the different types of properties?
  • If premium is bid, what is the average LTV (loan to value)?
  • How many bidders bid on the type of property you’re interested in?
  • Are there properties that were bid less competitively?

The idea is to find the types of properties that are not the most competitively bid.

Here’s What To Look For…

I like to target tax sales that are in out of the way places, not near major cities where everyone wants to live, and property values are high. At the same time, I don’t want to invest in depressed areas where property values are extremely low. I look for a sweet spot that’s far enough from major cities but not too far from jobs and good property values.

I also look at the amount of tax liens or redeemable deeds that are in the sale. For tax sales that I attend live, I’m looking for a sale that others might pass up because there aren’t any big liens in the sale. Or maybe because there aren’t enough properties in the sale. If I’m bidding at an online tax sale, I want to target tax sales that have a bigger inventory.

Have Questions?

Have questions about how to pick the right tax sale to bid at? Or about how to find out what tax sales are coming up around the country and which are the better ones to invest in? Get the answers to these questions in our free Protecting Your Profit Challenge coming up June 12 – 15. Get all the details at https://taxlienlady.com/4-day-challenge.

 

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Choosing Where To Invest in Tax Liens and Tax Deeds?

bidding in the online tax salesWant to invest in tax liens or tax deeds, but having trouble choosing the right place to start? Here are 3 things to consider when choosing where to invest…

1.Which tax sales are happening in the next couple of months? 

In many states tax sales are seasonal. They don’t happen all the time. There are a couple of redeemable deed states with counties have tax sales every month. But most counties will only have a tax deed or tax lien auction once a year. Ideally you want to pick a state to invest in that has tax sales that you don’t have to wait a few months or even a year to participate in.

2. Where do you live?

Do you live in a state that sells tax liens or tax deeds, or do they sell redeemable tax deeds? It’s always better to invest where you know the property values and know the market. But what if you live in a state that sells tax deeds and you want to invest in tax liens. Then look for the nearest state that has tax lien sales. Or is there a state that you like to visit or vacation in? Or a state where you find yourself frequently traveling to for business?

3. How much money do you want to invest in tax liens or tax deeds?

It takes more money to buy tax deeds than it does to buy tax liens. At a tax deed sale you are actually buying the property, therefore the price can get bid up pretty high. At most of these sales you payment must be made the day of the sale with certified funds. There is no time to get financing. So you do need a lot of cash for tax deeds and redeemable tax deeds.

There are also tax lien sales where premium is bid for the tax lien. Premium is an amount over and above the face amount of the tax lien. The successful bidder in these tax sales is the one who is willing to pay the highest amount for the lien.  In some states interest is paid on the premium amount that is bid and in other states no interest is paid on the premium amount, only on the certificate amount. And in a couple of states the premium is not returned to the investor upon redemption of the tax lien.

You’ll need to have more to invest in these auctions then in tax lien auctions that use other bidding methods, like bidding down the interest rate. It’s imperative that you know the rules and procedures of the tax sale before you decide to participate. I also advise my coaching clients to get results of previous tax sales so that they know just how much money they’ll need. And whether or not that sale worth their time and effort.

Making it easier to invest in tax liens and tax deeds

It’s really helpful if you have access to a resource that let’s you know what tax sales are coming up across the country. Like the resource that my clients and I use to do so. Not only can we find out what tax sales are coming up across the nation, but we can filter that information to find only the tax sales that we’re interested in. Such as only online tax lien sales coming up in the next month, or live tax deed sales happening in the next 3 months.

Once we do that, we can use this same resource to filter the properties in the tax sale to the type of properties we want to bid on. We can also filter the tax sale properties by location, starting bid or amount of the lien, assessed value of the property, or market value of the property. We can go through the filtered properties quickly to find the ones that are worth bidding on.

This is a resource that I make available to all of my clients and to members of the Tax Lien Profits Accelerator™. Find out more about the benefits of being a member of the Tax Lien Profits Accelerator™ at https://taxlienlady.com/membership.

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Is Tax Lien Investing Dead?

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Rumor has it that tax lien investing is dead. That the small investor just can’t compete in today’s market! For example….

Bidding At The Tax Sale

Interest rates are bid down to minuscule percentages at tax sales and premiums are bid too high for investors to make a decent profit. And at the tax sales where ownership is bid down, it’s typically bid down to 1%! What is an investor to do?

Over The Counter Tax Liens And Deeds

Some experts would have you believe that you are better off buying the left over liens or deeds directly from the county. They claim that by doing so that you can get the maximum interest rate on your tax lien or buy a tax deed without any bidding. But what they neglect to tell you is that there are usually nothing but junk properties on the left over tax sale lists. After all if the tax sales are so competitive – which they are, what makes you think there is anything good left over? Counties with online tax sales frequently have a second tax sale where they sell whatever didn’t sell in the first tax sale. Only after something doesn’t sell in both auctions does it get on the OTC (over-the-counter) list. And some counties do not even sell liens or deeds over the counter.

Buying Houses For Pennies on the Dollar?

Those who claim you can get a house for pennies on the dollar at a tax sale fail to tell you that most liens redeem and you don’t get to foreclose on the property. And that in some states the redemption period can be 2-3 years. You’ll need to pay the property taxes during that time and come up with foreclosure costs in most states, wait the the time it can take to foreclose. The other thing they fail to mention is that the properties that you do get the opportunity to foreclose on are often properties that have been vacant for a long time and need a huge amount of rehab. The strategies that investors are lead into by well meaning “experts” who were able to make a nice profit with these same strategies 10, 20 or 30 years ago are giving tax lien investing a bad rap.

But It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way!

I teach my clients strategies for buying profitable tax liens and tax deeds that work in today’s market. Strategies for making money with tax liens and tax deeds without doing a lot of work. And strategies that let you profit faster than the methods that everyone else is telling you about. I call them my Stealth Strategies for making huge profits with tax liens and tax deeds. And i reveal them to my coaching clients and students.

Here’s My Promise To You!

If you are currently investing in tax liens or deeds, you are about to get re-educated, re-inspired, and re-assured that you are on the right track! I’m going to show you how you can continue to get huge returns on your liens or deeds as the market get tougher by changing a couple of little things you do. Now you could be in one of those areas that hasn’t been hit yet by the increased bidding competition due to the flux of banks and institutional buyers in the market. But it’s only a matter of time until they invade your neck of the woods, and when they do, you’ll be ready with strategies that will allow you to profit anyway.

Maybe you’ve been thinking of investing in tax liens or tax deeds for a while now, but you’re just not sure if it’s for you. You might have even been to a tax sale and have had your hopes of profit crushed by the competition, and now you’re not sure if you can compete against these large companies and banks….well you don’t have to! I’ll show you an easier way to invest in tax liens and a better way to get redeemable deeds.

My Stealth Strategies For Tax Lien Investing are Incredibly Profitable! Learn How to Get High Returns on Your Money with Less Risk on my next Tax Sale Success Masterclass,

Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 12pm Eastern time/ 9am Pacific. It’s Free to register for the 90 minute Tax Sale Success Masterclass!

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Maryland Online Tax Sales in 2023

Maryland online tax sales

Maryland tax sales happen in May and June each year, but some of the MD counties have changed the way that have their tax sales since 2020. Some counties had online tax sales for the first time in 2021.

What I like about Maryland Online Tax Sales

What I really like about Maryland tax sales is the short redemption period – only 6 months. Each county has a different interest rate, anywhere from 8 – 20%. The interest rate does not get bid down at the auction. Instead, investors bid premium for the tax lien. They bid a separate dollar amount that they are willing to pay to get the property if the lien does not redeem. 

What seems good but isn’t 

The investor is not required to pay the entire  premium amount until foreclosure of the tax lien. Only a small percent of the premium must be paid at the tax sale, and only if the bid amount is more than 40% of the assessed value of the property. This may sound good. But what it really does is increase the amount of premium bid at the tax sale, and make the competition a little tougher. Investors are willing to bid higher on tax sale properties because they don’t have to come up with the entire bid price at the tax sale.

Here’s what can be challenging 

There are 2 types of tax sales in Maryland. Some counties have a private bid sale. And they have their own websites for these tax sales. So, in addition to a different interest rate in each county, there can also be different bidding rules and procedures. On top of all that, some of the counties are not easy to deal with. It’s very important to know what you’re doing and which tax sales to stay away from.

Done-With-You Training for the Maryland Online Tax Sales 

If you would like to know how to register and bid at these tax sales before it’s too late, take advantage of the training that we have specifically for the Maryland tax sales, and find out how to participate in these sales profitably!

When you register for the online training, you’ll also get one month access to the Tax Lien Profits Accelerator, which includes access to Tax Sale Finders software to help you make the right decisions about which properties to bid on!

This Training Will Be A Good Fit For You If:

  • You have at least $10,000 to invest. More is better since premium is bid at these auctions
  • You are comfortable investing your money for medium term return (6mo. – 1yr)
  • You are decisive and willing to take action
  • You are willing to take possession and own parcels that don’t redeem

Yes! I Want This Deal!

In this training you’ll discover how to:

 Get the information you need to register and bid at these tax sales

 Pick the best counties to invest in

 Research the properties in the sale to find the right liens to bid on

 Place bids on liens in the tax sale and get the bid results

Protect your investment and maximize your profit!

And I’ll show you how to avoid the common mistakes most new tax lien investors make that cost time and money! Find out more HERE.

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