What is a Tax Lien Agent?

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

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

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?

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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3 Steps to Investing Tax Free

Did you see the webinar that I did last week with Adam Bergman of IRA Financial Group ? We had over 50 people from all over the US, plus a couple of foreigners on the live webinar. Adam explained how you can invest tax free using a self-directed IRA LLC and how you can invest in tax liens easier by using a self-directed IRA LLC?with checkbook control. If you missed last week’s FREE webinar training, you can watch the replay Here.

It’s not too late to take advantage of the special offer on the webinar – a savings of $50 when you call Adam to set up your self-directed IRA LLC with checkbook control by April 7. And if you fund your traditional IRA account by April 15, you can deduct it from your 2009 income. Or you can do what I’m going to do and open a Roth IRA so that you can invest totally tax free as long as you don’t take any withdrawals until after age 59. Continue reading

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