Real Estate Investor · Stone Mountain, GA · Member since 2010 · 2 posts · 0 votes
I'm looking at the legals for upcoming tax lien auctions and I'm trying determine which are just lots or land and which actually have residential houses on the property. Also, is there any website or source where all of the legals for various counties can be found in one place? Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Investor · Greer, SC · Member since 2014 · 13k+ posts · 17k+ votes
10y
Ultimately don't bid on ANYTHING you haven't driven by and seen.
You can look at properties online that had houses, but are vacant lots or boarded up junk houses.
You should be able to look at spreadsheet provided by county and see what value of building is. If it is zero the county thinks it is just land. You can use Google street view to see what property and neighborhood looked like at time the pictures was taken. This could be years old.
Each county has their own resource page that has details about each property in their county. Each county has their own auction.
Investor · Greer, SC · Member since 2014 · 13k+ posts · 17k+ votes
10y
Ultimately don't bid on ANYTHING you haven't driven by and seen.
You can look at properties online that had houses, but are vacant lots or boarded up junk houses.
You should be able to look at spreadsheet provided by county and see what value of building is. If it is zero the county thinks it is just land. You can use Google street view to see what property and neighborhood looked like at time the pictures was taken. This could be years old.
Each county has their own resource page that has details about each property in their county. Each county has their own auction.
and perform a search by parcel #. The site should show you if its just a residential lot or a single family home. Most of the time you can tell if its a lot or a home by the price of the tax deed. taxes on homes will typically be more expensive than lots but there are exceptions. Also if you go into that search and look click on the GIS map, you should be able to play with that and it will show you a satellite image, like google earth. Best of luck
Residential Real Estate Agent · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Member since 2014 · 16 posts · 6 votes
10y
Melvin. I been purchased properties in the auction for the past 5 years. Since auction it's a judicial process it's important to be well familiar with the municipal laws. TITLE SEARCH for any property is a must. In Tax deed some of the liens NOT wiped out - HOA, IRS.
The 1st step before even thinking real estate acquisition at the auction is to talk to a lawyer and read the statue.