Mississippi Tax Lien Sales

Mississippi tax lien auctions take place on the 4th Monday of August. And a few MS counties will also have tax sales in April. A few years ago, one of my coaching clients got 14 tax liens in the Mississippi tax sales.

She wanted to get liens on vacant land and was able to purchase all 14 liens for under $2500! Most of the liens she won were for vacant land. But one of the liens she acquired was on a residential parcel. She went to a live tax lien auction. But since then many MS counties have online tax sales.

How These Tax Lien Auctions Work

Mississippi has a 2 year redemption period and an 18% per annum interest rate. The interest accrues monthly at 1.5% per month. Premium is bid at the auction, and you do not get any interest on the premium amount. So the amount bid over the lien amount effectively lowers your return. If you want more detail about investing in Mississippi this year, here’s how to start…

Find Out More About These Online Tax Sales

Get detailed information about the online tax sales in Mississippi and other states in my Guide to Online Tax Lien Sales. It’s all part of my comprehensive course on Buying Tax Liens Online.

Tax Lien Sale Results – What’s Changing?

Competition has escalated at tax lien sales since 2008, especially for the online tax lien auctions. It’s gotten so competitive that it has been difficult to get tax liens at decent rates for the last few years. And even the junk properties have been getting sold at the online tax lien auctions. All that is changing this year for 2 reasons. The first reason is something that I’ve been waiting to happen for the last few years.

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates extremely low for years in an attempt to stimulate the economy. This is one of the things that contributed to banks and hedge funds jumping into the tax lien market. It also was the reason these funds were able to bid down the interest rate so low or bid up the price of liens and redeemable deeds so high that they were making extremely low single digit returns on their money. But all that is changing now. Continue reading →