Rental Property Investor · Perry Hall, MD · Member since 2016 · 586 posts · 598 votes
I'm working on a direct mail list using unpaid property taxes and It occurs to me that in the area in which I am searching they don't assess a late fee until the calendar year ends. For those who have experience with this, should I just wait for say mid January to put effort into this sort of list? I feel like a late tax bill holds more weight once it's truly "late".
Investor · New Orleans, LA · Member since 2012 · 968 posts · 747 votes
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You need to determine exactly when the county considers the homeowner delinquent and how the process works from there. Then you will need to determine a criteria to filter the list depending on your market stats and demographics.
I have a tax delinquent list that I filtered for those properties that have been delinquent for 2+ years, and owe 5k or more. My reasoning for this criteria is that New Orleans has a median household income of just $37,000. If someone owes 5k or more and has been delinquent for 2 or more years, I think they will be unlikely to come up with the money. 5k is about 13.5% of the median household income. That is a pretty substantial portion of their income they would need to save in order to be able to pay that off, so these people would be more motivated to sell.