Because, @Joe Martella, I wrote the books. She is a customer of mine. She bought them from me. She identified them as the 2018 and 2019 editions of my book. I know they are outdated. They are updated every single year, because the law changes every single year. The current version is the 2022 edition. I don't care about all other copies of all other books in all other bookstores or libraries. I recommended a course of action that might help other investors. It is the same reason I give advice on BP and answer forum questions for people.
The law has changed A LOT since 2018 and 2019. Probably not a good idea to purchase old books, even if they are free. Please just toss them in the trash, @Monica Novak.
If you are going to donate them, then write in big black letters on the cover page that the law might have changed since the book was published, please. I see too many investors who rely on urban legends, bad advice (sometimes from other lawyers!), outdated advice, obsolete BP or blog posts, etc., in making investment decisions in a really complicated area of the law that changes every year, sometimes in radical ways. Those investors get hurt badly. Sometimes it wipes out their entire life savings and puts them into debt. I would not want that to happen to someone who used a library book as a guide.
The books are a good historic reference, and a good introduction to the overall picture of tax certificate and tax deed investing in Alabama. Much has NOT changed. I think the 2019 edition even addresses tax lien sales in a modest way. Not as full as later editions. A person who uses your books from a library or receives them for free from you can gain an excellent education and then fine-tune it by checking specific points of law or procedure relevant to their own investment decisions.
@Denise Evans Really???? Write in big black letters that the book may be outdated? Should all the other copies in the bookstores have the same written on them? There is something called due diligence. Isn't it up to the reader to look at the date published? They are readers after all. People give and receive bad advice from all professions
The poster hasn't even identified which books she is disposing of. How do you know if they are valid or not?
Because, @Joe Martella, I wrote the books. She is a customer of mine. She bought them from me. She identified them as the 2018 and 2019 editions of my book. I know they are outdated. They are updated every single year, because the law changes every single year. The current version is the 2022 edition. I don't care about all other copies of all other books in all other bookstores or libraries. I recommended a course of action that might help other investors. It is the same reason I give advice on BP and answer forum questions for people.
@Denise Evans Really???? Write in big black letters that the book may be outdated? Should all the other copies in the bookstores have the same written on them? There is something called due diligence. Isn't it up to the reader to look at the date published? They are readers after all. People give and receive bad advice from all professions
The poster hasn't even identified which books she is disposing of. How do you know if they are valid or not?
Alabama tax law has drastically changed in the last couple years and still changing. It’s probably the most influx state. Denise just doesn’t want to see someone act on the old advice. Most people wouldn’t think the info from 2018/19 would be out dated but it is.