I didn’t know about online tax lien sales when I started investing in tax liens back in the early 2000’s. I went to the live auctions in New Jersey. At that time all the New Jersey tax sales were live. Today many of the New Jersey tax sales are online. But even back when I got started there were some states that had online auctions and let you do everything from the comfort of your home – or anywhere that you have access to a computer.

You don’t need good credit and you don’t need any experience to participate in these online auctions. Anyone with a social security number and U.S. bank account can bid at these tax lien sales.

Maybe you’ve heard all the hype about tax lien investing, You may have heard or seen some of these statements like these….

• “You can make a fortune investing in tax lien certificates from the comfort of your home”
• “Purchase government foreclosed homes for pennies on the dollar from your computer”
• “You can invest in highly profitable and extremely safe tax liens and tax deeds from anywhere in the world”

This is what you’ll find from some of the top selling, and very expensive tax lien investing programs on the web. But here’s what these sites don’t tell you:

• First, they don’t tell you that some states in the US do not sell tax liens and among those that do, most of them do not have tax sales online.
• Second, they don’t tell you that you need to do your due diligence before you purchase a tax lien if you want to make sure to collect a profit.
• Third, they don’t tell you that each state has different laws and procedures when it comes to tax sales, and they don’t let you know what those procedures are.