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Profiting From Tax Lien Certificate

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Tax lien auctions create Excess Funds – that you can get for yourself!These Proceeds comes from foreclosures.These foreclosure sales can come from a substitute trustee foreclosure, a foreclosure from a home owner assoc, or a result of a county tax auction. If someone goes to foreclosure on real estate, they are collecting on a debt secured by the property, and are making a person or entity to sell their jproperty to pay that amount owed.The problem that occurs for the bank is that the home can get more than the debt that needs to get paid. For instance, say a bank forecloses on Joe Smith because he is way behind on his payment. Let’s say he has a mortgage for $200 Grandtwo hundred thousand dollars} to the mortgage company and that his home sells as a result of a foreclosure for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Where does the $ end up?The mortgage company – or usually the substitute trustee for the mortgage co – pays out the debt owed on the real estate, with the tax folks – meaning any unpaid property taxes get paid before others in line. After that the bank has a right to what’s left. But, the bank can’t keep any overage. Assume there were $5K in lawyer costs due to the foreclosure sale, &) there were still owed taxes to be paid to the tune of five thousand dollars.What we have is:$250K sales price-Five thousand $ taken out to pay the municipality for taxes owed.-Five thousand $ paid to the law firm running the foreclosure sale.-$200,000 paid out to the bank.There now surplus of forty thousand dollars.Who gets that?Good question:, in a perfect world, surplus funds is due to the person who was foreclosed on. Here’s the problem – the municipality where the foreclosure was filed does not have the timed needed, skills, nor staff to track down the owner of those funds. Also the mortgage company doesn’t have a reason to track down person owed either – their only focus is to prove that they don’t keep any overage from the foreclosure sale. As a result the surplus goes into an earnest $ account, referenced to the file residing in the county clerk’s files. There it will remain for a long time:for up to a decade, before it is transferred to the states escrow coffer.Listen Up! During the time the cash is deposited in an escrow account for the municipality and then for the state, it is make interest. The county and then the State can claim that interest due to the fact that they’re keeping it for the past owner. At this point the obvious question that hits people is–Does the person due can just call the State or hit the internet and claim the funds from the state – or from the county if its been a short time – Right?No sir. Most times the cash is out of the rightful owner’s name at the point where it becomes a part of the states escrow acct. Its found by a case number that references the foreclosure case file in the municipalitys courthouse. So inquiries directed to the state commonly go unanswered or hit a dead end due to the fact that the cash is not in the name of the person due.Then What you just drive to the clerks office, find the case file, & show youre id, correct? Too Easy.. First, identifying the file has it’s own unqique prob’s, becaues the records aren’t called, ‘woohoo – look here records’. In the rare event you miraculously get to the storage place of the records, you have to look through the files (one at a time to ascertain which of the files thatwhich actually have surplus funds in them. But, once you identify one such file, you can locate much more using a easy method.Now Assume you locate the records, and see big amounts of dough for the rightful owners. Can you pull out that cash?Not without a special form. At this writing, many States don’t let you get over a tiny slice of the money when you identify it, specially if you attempt to make a deal with the person owed for identifiying the surplus. They often call these folks as ‘finders’, and limit their commission to 10-15%, and some States also require a Private Investigator’s license to be allowed. Then is the chance gone at this pt?Nope. BUT you can get those surplus in your name, regardless:nevermind the person who should have it implementing a program called the ‘Gold Mine’ – go get it at http://www.surplusfundsriches.comThere are 2 additional considerations here…1. It doesn’t make any difference how long the surplus has been in the earnest money acct. There is overage dating back 40 years plus yrs – so it doesnt make any difference if property values have lately dropped- pull cash from files that came about when the real estate market was on the rise.2. The System also can be used for tax auctions.Tax lien sales are just foreclosures that are due togovernment going after:attempting to collect taxes due on a home and are foreclosing to get that debt. The differences in tax auctions are:1. There is a chance for a much larger cash amount. chew on that. Unpaid taxes of $20K on a home that has other debt and sells for 300 grand. Yes ma’am!2. There might be a ‘redemption period’ of a (few years where you are required to sell the home back to the ex-owneryour buy price plus improvements. You could lease the house, put a small amount of update money into it, and make that $ back, betting the owner does not come back in the middle of the redemption time. That works cuz you will recoup what you have in it, if the owner does come back, and return the rent. However, the Gold Mine Program teaches you a much better way to benefit from sales from a tax auction. You will literally, using the ebook, let the home to be auctioned at a tax auction, and then claim the surplus funds due to the rightful owner Yourself! Seriously! We trust this program cuz we designed it. Its available at http://www.surplusfundsriches.com

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What Percent Of Tax Lien Certificates End Up With Certificate Lienholder Getting The Property Free And Clear?

Monday, December 28th, 2009

I know that in most cases the homeowner eventually pays it off or the lender will, but theres a small amount of them that end up staying unpaid and the person who invested in the tax lien ends up getting the property free and clear… What percent of the time does that happen?

Understanding Tax Lien Certificate Redemption Periods

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

If you want to invest in tax lien certificates, one of the first principles that you need to be aware of is redemption. A tax lien certificate is simply a lien that the county has sold to an investor for the delinquent taxes. The investor then waits for the property to “redeem,” which simply means that the homeowner has paid off the tax lien with interest and penalties to the investor. If the homeowner does not pay off the tax lien within a specified period of time, called the “redemption period,” then the investor has the right to foreclose on the property and potentially pick up a property at pennies on the dollar! So, from an investor’s point of view, it’s really win, win!

So, when could a redemption occur? It could occur the day after you buy the lien. It could occur weeks, months, or years later. It just depends on the situation.

Before you invest in tax lien certificates, you need to figure out the redemption period. This varies from state to state. Some states have very short redemption periods. Others have very long redemption periods. If you just want to get the very high interest rates (as much as 24%) that you can get from tax lien certificates, then visit states with long redemption periods. If you ultimately want to acquire dirt cheap property, then visit other states with shorter redemption periods.

Other states are more of a hybrid with regard to redemption periods. How can it be a hybrid? In Florida for example, you can foreclose on the property in as little as two years. However, you are not actually required to foreclose in Florida until the lien is seven years old. So, it really is the best of both worlds. If you want to keep letting the interest accrue, then you just let the lien sit. If you want to get the property, then you file a quick foreclosure after the two years.

During the redemption period, there may be pre foreclosure activities that you are required to do with your tax lien certificate. These could include giving the homeowner notice that you have the lien, filing court papers and giving notice in a newspaper and title searches. Don’t worry too much about this stuff. It is usually handled by an attorney who will do these things on your behalf. In nearly all states, the attorney fees will be added to the total value of the lien and reimbursed with interest at redemption.

However, it’s imperative that you understand your state and local laws extensively before you attempt to purchase tax lien certificates. In many areas, if you don’t follow the pre foreclosure activities to the letter, then your lien may be declared invalid and you will lose your entire investment.

Like anything else in tax certificate investing, redemption is a concept that you will see over and over. With this short lesson, you learned what to do and what to look for regarding redemption. Now do your research and go take massive action!

Carlos Scarpero is an experienced real estate investor who specializes in land. On his blog at http://www.scarpero.com/real_estate, he discusses innovative and creative real estate strategies to make your real estate investing more profitable.

How To Buy A Tax Lien Certificate

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Buying Your First Tax Lien

Buying your first tax Lien can be a difficult task. Before you buy your first tax lien there are many things to consider. The purpose of this article is to help the reader understand some of the risk and rewards associated when buying tax liens.

Buying A Tax Lien Certificate

Friday, December 18th, 2009

There are two sorts of property tax sales.

In a tax lien sale, the tax authority, usually the county, offers its right to the lien on the property for sale.