Guest Article: First Steps for Foreign Investors

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Joanne

First Steps for Foreign Investors

By Dustin Hahn

Many people living outside the US often ask, “What do I need to do to if I want to invest in the United States in tax lien certificates or tax deeds?” I faced some challenges when I started investing in Tax Liens and Deeds while I was living in Canada and it took me several trips to the US to work out all the bugs.

Here are the steps that you need to take to prepare to invest in the U.S. from another country. Being I was living close by, I actually went to the United States to do this, but you can also do this over the phone or fax. Continue reading →

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What is a Tax Lien Agent?

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Debby

Tax Lien Investing AgentA Tax Lien Agent is a person or a company that will purchase tax lien certificates and/or tax deeds for an investor. So if you are one of those people who would love to put your money into safe, high yielding tax liens or tax deeds, but you don?t have a clue about how to do it properly, and you don?t have the time to learn, then you may want to invest through a tax lien agent.

You might want to think of a tax lien agent as a ?broker.? You give them your money and they go out and purchase liens or deeds for you. They do all of the work: getting the tax sale list, doing due diligence on properties, bidding at the tax sale, recording and tracking your liens or deeds. And of course you will have to pay for this. Think about it this way, how much is your time worth. In other words what are you making per hour while they are out there doing all the work that you would have to put in if you were doing this on your own? Continue reading →

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Tax Lien Investing: Which States Have the Highest Return

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Debby

I frequently get e-mails asking me which states have the highest return for tax liens.

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Here are the three states that have the highest interest rates on tax lien certificates. They’re probably not the states that you have heard about because except for just one county, these states do not have tax sales online: Continue reading →

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Tax Liens Vs. Tax Deeds: Which is the Best Investment

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Debby

Frequently I?m asked the question what is more profitable, investing in tax lien certificates or tax deeds. Whether tax lien investing or tax deed investing is better for you depends on the state that you live in and your what your goals are. If you are looking to pick up property under market value than you are better of with tax deeds than with tax liens. If you do your homework and purchase tax liens on good properties, the chances of foreclosure are slim. And in some states, even if the lien is not redeemed, you may not be able to get the property. Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Tax Deed Investing?

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Debby

You may have heard that tax deed investing is a great way to purchase properties for back taxes. But here are some reasons why it doesn’t always work out that way.

First of all these tax sales can be competitive. Although bidding for tax sale properties may start at the back taxes owed, most residential properties are bid up at the sale, sometimes close to market value. Then what makes it even more difficult for the average person to buy a home at a tax sale is that in most counties is, you need to pay for your winning bids in full on the day of the tax sale or the day after the tax sale. That means that you have to have all of your cash on the day of the sale. You do not have time to get financing. So what is a tax deed investor to do? Is it still possible to buy tax sale properties for pennies on dollar? Continue reading →

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