If property taxes are delinquent, the county treasurer is authorized to sell the property for unpaid taxes. Delinquent real property taxes go to tax lien sale annually, generally toward the end of the ...

Buying property tax lien certificates is investing in real estate on the cheap. Bidding on tax liens for sale at a government auction takes money, but not as much as it would cost to buy real estate ...

Get started with tax lien investing. When property owners do not pay their property tax bills, tax lien certificates can be a safe, collateralized complement to a balanced portfolio -- but only if you ...

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FREMONT- County treasury officials announced another big boost in revenue from what has become an annual event— the county tax lien certificate sales. The Sandusky County Treasurer’s Office brought in ...

Investors are balking at buying tax liens from Ohio counties, which is bad news for schools and other agencies that rely on these sales to quickly supply revenues owed by property-tax deadbeats. In a ...

BRECKENRIDGE – The late-night infomercial TV “host” is astounded as the “guest” earnestly avows that you can get rich by buying property at tax lien sales. Does it work?Well, perhaps, but it’s not ...

When Petal Sandiford stepped into the Flatbush YMCA several weeks ago, the 63-year-old home care worker had just one thing in mind: To get her late uncle’s house in Ocean Hill, where she and six of ...

As you start investing, you may come across one of the lesser-known types of investment that’s rarely mentioned: the tax lien. The simple definition of a tax lien is that it is a legal claim made by a ...

Maryland Legal Aid filed a federal lawsuit against Baltimore City on Tuesday in an attempt to reform policy on tax lien certificate sales, which the legal organization claims is unconstitutional. In ...