Delinquent Tax Sales?

Question

Hi! How's everyone today? What is your opinion/experience with Delinquent Tax Sales? I have a lot of delinquent tax properties in my area and the county is about 9 years behind on sales.

Heather

Matthew Bontrager · Answer

Hi Heather

I do not have any experience in this yet (I am looking into it myself), however the topic has certainly been discussed a lot.  Use the search bar at the top right, or search for "tax delinquent site:biggerpockets.com" on google.

Here are just two threads out of many.  Is there a specific question you have?

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/684...

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/159...

Yes, people do use delinquent tax lists to narrow down their marketing.  Some cities/counties post their delinquency lists online, while others require you to request the list from the tax assessor.  As you mentioned, there may be thousands of people/property that are delinquent, so you will need to filter the results to the types are properties you are targeting.  Some filters I am using are tax year (i.e. how many years of taxes are unpaid), property type (single family, multifamily, townhome, etc), tax assessed value, and owner occupied/absentee.

Once you have a list you like, you can call them, mail them, knock on their door, etc, depending on what your preferred method is.

I hope this helps.  Keep the community apprised of your progress.  There are many people out there looking for the same info you are.

-Matt

Heather Bettis · Answer

Thank you @Matthew Bontrager I will definitely check out those links and search for the rest. Appreciate the information.

Michelle B. Thanks for the information. I have not been to an auction yet, but at this point I was thinking I may not be able to compete at the auction plus they are so far behind on the auctions that the ones I am interested in may not be up for auction for a while yet.

Heather Bettis · Answer

Anyone have experience with delinquent tax sales?