Tax Lien Investing Basics: Finding the Tax Sale Information

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The first thing that you need to do once you decide where you want to invest in tax liens or tax deeds is get the tax sale information and the tax sale list.

But how do you do that?

There are 3 ways that I use to get information about tax sales. The first 2 ways are free. One thing that you can do if you want to find out about tax sales in your county is call the county tax collector or treasurer and ask them for the information about the tax sale. They should be able to tell you when the next tax sale is, where it will be held, and where you can get a list of properties in the tax sale. Some county treasurers will even have this information posted on their web site along with the rules of the sale and registration guidelines.

If you need to look up county information in another state you can use the website www.NACO.org. NACO is the National Organization of Counties, and on this site you can search for a state and get a listing of all of the counties in that state. When you click on the county you can get demographic information for the county and in most cases a link to the county web site where you can search for the tax collector’s and tax assessor’s web sites. Some counties have more information online than others, and you have to be a little bit of detective to find the information on the tax sale if it is in fact posted online – sometimes it isn’t. But you can usually at least find the contact information for the county treasurer so that you can call and get the information about the tax sale.

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Double Digit Returns Without the Risk of the Stock Market

Are you tired of losing money to the market? Want to know how you can get double digit returns on your money and still sleep well, knowing that your money is in a safe investment? Well you can get double-digit returns with real estate guaranteed tax lien certificates.

Now is a great time to start investing in tax liens, especially since other traditional long term investments, like stocks, and traditional real estate are in turmoil. With the stock market you don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, but the interest that you get on your tax lien portfolio does not fluctuate with the market or the economy, it stays consistent over time. And unlike other real estate investments, you don’t need a lot of money to get started and you are in first position, even ahead of the mortgage. Continue reading

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Is Bidding At The Tax Sale Changing?


Decisions, Decisions

There were 2 different tax sales that I could have gone to today. The Monroe County upset tax sale was today, but there were also 8 different tax sales going on in New Jersey, most of them at or around the same time. I could have attended a deed sale in the Pennsylvania county that I live in or one of the tax lien sales in New Jersey. Since I had a few prior liens at one of the New Jersey tax sales, that’s the one that I attended. And since this is the first tax sale in New Jersey that I attended this season, I noticed some differences from last year.

So what is changing regarding tax lien sales in New Jersey?

Although I was able to get the liens on properties that I was a prior lienholder on at 18%, I only got one other small lien and that was at 2%. I was willing to bid down to 2% because I know that I can pay subsequent sewer taxes (this was a sewer lien) and get 8% on my subs. Even small sewer liens went at premium. In NJ the interest rate can be bid down to 0% and then premium can be bid for liens. The odd thing about this sale is that both individual investors and institutional investors were willing to pay premium for small sewer liens but the larger liens went at 18% to one of the institutional investors. Continue reading

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Double Digit Returns on Tax Liens Without Doing Any Work?

Did you know that you can get double digit returns on tax liens without doing any work? With tax liens, you don’t have to worry about the volatility in the market. The stock market or real estate market can go up or down, but your rate of return stays the same. Another advantage to tax lien investing is that you can do it yourself without paying any brokerage fees. But what if you don’t have the time or the inclination to learn how to invest in tax liens profitably? Are there ways that you can invest in tax liens without doing all of the work yourself, and without having to attend the tax sale?


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