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My brother and I purchased a cabin together he signed for the loan due to my credit issues so the deed is in his name alone I provided the funds in Dec of 2007 not quite a year. The cabin is under contract to be sold and is scheduled to close on the 11th can my brother quit claim the property to me and remove himself from the capital gains issue? I am going to re invest the money into another property so I should be fine but I don’t want him to get stuck with a tax bill. Will this work?

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Ok, heres the deal. I am wanting to go to a seminar in Auckland soon and it is on tax lien and deed investing in the states. It will cost NZ00 and i do not have that much at this time. I will have about a month and desperately need the money.

How can i easily make these funds in a month in New Zealand?

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Well, the Weld County results are in. It was an internet auction held by RealAuctions.Com and the results are very interesting.

First thing to keep in mind is that a lien in Colorado that is sold this year and redeems on the last day of the redemption period (three years) would earn a total of 45% on the taxes owed ($450 on a $1,000 lien). Also keep in mind that the premium you bid you don’t get back. With those thoughts in mind, here are the results.

There were 1,462 liens sold and 165 liens struck off to the county (no bids).

The sane people:
1,280 liens were sold at an average premium bid of 5.80% of the lien amount, i.e. if the lien was $1,000 it took an average bid of $58.00 to buy the liens.

50 liens were sold at no premium whatsoever.

The escapees from the “Happy Dale Home for the Mentally Bewildered”:
132 liens were sold at a an average premium of 75.50%, in other words on a $1,000 lien they bid a premium of $750.50! Remember, if the liens redeem the last day they would make a total of $450 on that lien or, in other words, they would lose $300.50. The only chance they have to make any money on these liens is if they don’t redeem and Weld has a very high redemption rate.

And the prize goes to a bidder who bid a premium of $600.00 on a lien that was $28.99 or a premium of 2,069%!!! - what were you thinging? Or were you thinking at all?


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The reality of investing in real estate is actually much, much different than any of these reasons, and you need to learn the truth about all of it. So let’s look at these myths and start working toward the truth.

The first reason is that it takes a lot of money to make money in real estate. You have most likely heard of or seen those programs that claim that you can make money without any money. But is there any truth to this whole thing, or are they just trying to make money from you?

The truth is that it does take money to make money. I won’t lie, you do need money to make money in real estate. But before you go running off and chearing that you were right, you need to understand that this investment is usually less than a $100, not in the thousands like you often believe it is.

You will need an internet connection, and a few dollars for advertising or other various expenses, but you don’t need thousands of dollars for a down payment, thousands more for closing costs, or anything else that you think you need money for.

More than money, you need to be willing to do it, you need to be willing to do the work, and you need to know how to do it. Knowledge is the most valuable tool any person can have, and once you have the right education, you won’t need money to make money. You will need discipline and drive more than you need money.


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Tax lien property investments are really not that new Many would be investors still do not know how to use them to complement their other investments today As the stock market is not the only means of appreciating an asset base cash anymore Some others feel that the roller coaster ride on Wall Street often leads to sleepless nights and upset stomachs Not so when you invest in real tangible properties via this little known method
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W. Haven to sell tax liens to private firm
New Haven Register (subscription), CT
By Abbe Smith, Register Staff WEST HAVEN — Finance Director Robert Barron got the go-ahead this week to sell more than $3 million in delinquent tax liens to an outside collection firm, thus giving the cash-strapped city a much-needed boost in revenue.


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First real estate tax installment due on June 4
Morris Daily Herald, IL
Unpaid real estate taxes, penalties and additional fees will be sold at the annual tax lien sale Nov. 10. Unpaid taxes are offered to tax buyers for the lowest bid. The bidding starts at 18 percent for a six month period. The successful tax buyer pays


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Miami Daily Business Review
Tax Certificates
Miami Daily Business Review, FL
“Not bad for clicking on my computer,” he said of the online auction. Dixon is betting the owners will redeem the tax certificates within two years of his purchase. Otherwise, to get paid he may have to seek a tax deed auction.
Dade tax collector advertising fewer properties this year even Miami Today
Deadline extended for paying property tax Tampa Bay Newspapers
all 4 news articles


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South Dakota has changed their tax sale laws, House Bill 1069 now requires the counties to keep all tax liens and not to sell them. What now happens is the county, after a period of 3 to 4 years (depends on city or county land) will be able to sell the property in a tax deed sale. Unfortunately, the time of the sale is a county option and no specific time for sale is set. We will get you more information over the next few weeks.


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So let’s talk about why you should learn to invest in real estate.
First of all, there is a reason that all of the wealthy people in the world put their money into real estate. It’s one of the safest investments available for many reasons. The first reason is that real estate, even if it slumps a little bit, is known for constantly increasing in value. Unlike stocks, which go up and down daily, real estate usually experiences a steady rate of growth over time. This means that the money you do invest will increase in value over time.

The second reason is that real estate offers the best tax breaks and incentives available. More than anything else, you get to give uncle sam less of your money when you invest in real estate. The government wants to make sure everyone has a place to live, so they have intentionally created tax shelters in real estate to make sure this happens.

The third reason is that you can make money without money in real estate, and your return is often times much larger than any other investment vehicle. You cannot spend $1,000 in stocks and turn that into $100,000 in a few weeks. It just doesn’t work that way. Also, in real estate you simply need to know what you are doing. In stocks and other investments, you need to know people in order to make money without money. Most of the time you need money, and lot’s of it. There is a reason they say that you need $1,000,000 to make $3,000,000 in stocks. They don’t say that about real estate.

To put things simply, the right education and plan will produce $100,000’s in returns for you in real estate. There is no other opportunity available that will allow you to make the returns possible in real estate without knowing the right people, and without having thousands to invest from the beginning. It’s the safest, easiest way for anyone, no matter where they are right now financially, to make money time and time again, and keep that money coming in over long periods of time.

How To Buy And Sell Homes Easily Using Your Laptop Or PC – Make $100,000 Without Laving Your Home
We all know that there is money in real estate, and if you are like the rest of you, you would love to know how to put some of that money in your own pocket and bank account. There are five main reasons that most of us never learn how to buy and sell homes or invest in real estate.
1. We think that it takes a lot of money to make money in real estate. Since we don’t have the money, we never try to purchase any real estate.
2. We believe that there is a lot of risk in buying real estate. After all, what if we can’t sell it, rent it, or what ever it takes to make money with the property.
3. We believe that you have to be extremely intelligent in order to make money with real estate. We know we are intelligent, but we doubt that we are intelligent enough to make money with real estate.
4. We hear the horror stories related to rental properties. We don’t want to have to go to a house in the middle of the night to fix a broken toilet. On top of that, if you are like most of us, you don’t know how to fix most of the things in a house that could go wrong. Not to mention trying to collect rent, what a problem that can be.
5. We are terrified of the possibility of our experience being a bad one and losing our tails. Fankly, this is the biggest reason you won’t even try and get started. You fear failing and losing what you do have.


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