Selling Your Tax Lien Certificates
Sunday, September 18
I wrote a post to my regular blog about selling your Tax Lien Certificates in order to avoid foreclosing and taking the property. It's definitely an option, but just like selling your notes from seller-held mortgages and the like, you really have to create a market. Has anyone used Bigger Pocke...
Newbie to a Tax Certificate Auction?
Wednesday, August 24
If you haven’t been to an auction before, you should absolutely attend one to get a feel for its action and pacing—a dry run before you actually start putting your own hard earned cash out. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a tax lien auction, just a well-attended public auction. It's just an a...
How to Invest in Indiana Tax Liens
Saturday, July 30
Buying Indiana tax liens is a good choice especially for local investors. The state, as with the rest of the Midwest, was hit hard during the recession. A few of the northern counties in Indiana had the highest unemployment rates as manufacturing plant after manufacturing plant closed down or s...
What you MUST know for the Indiana Tax Lien Auction
Saturday, July 23
Buying Indiana tax liens is a good choice especially for local investors. The state, as with the rest of the Midwest, was hit hard during the recession. A few of the northern counties in Indiana had the highest unemployment rates as manufacturing plant after manufacturing plant closed down or s...
How Much Can You REALLY Make Buying Tax Liens and Tax Certificates
Saturday, July 23
With so much hype about tax certificate and tax lien investing, the question comes down to how much can you really make from buying tax liens? The advertised, statutory rates in some states are as high as 24%. Most states fall somewhere between 12% and 18%. But, can your really earn that much? ...
The Only Five States Where You Should Buy Tax Liens
Sunday, July 17
I get the questions all the time…what are the best states to buy tax liens in? Like all real estate investments, the natural answer to this is to only buy delinquent tax certificates in areas that you know best—your local market or areas you have other real estate investments in. However, the e...