http://taxlieninvestingnews.com/questions-and-answers/why-cant-an-individual-buy-a-tax-lien-on-property-in-new-york/ Current news on Tax Lien Investing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:32:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://taxlieninvestingnews.com/questions-and-answers/why-cant-an-individual-buy-a-tax-lien-on-property-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Professional Home Investors Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:17:28 +0000 http://taxlieninvestingnews.com/questions-and-answers/why-cant-an-individual-buy-a-tax-lien-on-property-in-new-york/#comment-207 That is not correct. You have to wait for the lien to be auctioned off. This happens in most counties once a year. Others do it monthly or semi annually. To be even more specific any liens that do not get sold on the auction they get what is called struck back to the state. Meaning they can be purchased directly from the county assessor. Go to the county assessors office and ask them or just call them. It differs county to county however so you need to be specific. There are organizations that will do all the work for you. I know of one that seems decent nationwide tax liens their website is www.nationwidetaxliens.com. If you want to do all the research on your own go to the county site and start there. Here is one county's site. www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Assessor That is not correct. You have to wait for the lien to be auctioned off. This happens in most counties once a year. Others do it monthly or semi annually. To be even more specific any liens that do not get sold on the auction they get what is called struck back to the state. Meaning they can be purchased directly from the county assessor. Go to the county assessors office and ask them or just call them. It differs county to county however so you need to be specific. There are organizations that will do all the work for you. I know of one that seems decent nationwide tax liens their website is http://www.nationwidetaxliens.com. If you want to do all the research on your own go to the county site and start there. Here is one county’s site. http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Assessor

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