When does the town of Belmont, Massachusetts auction real estate property tax liens and delinquent taxes?
Our Sunday paper has three full sections listing properties with delinquent taxes. How do you purchase the property and what exactly are you buying?
Well, Real Estate is not exactly my area of expertise, and I’ve known about TLC’s for a while but never exactly understood how it all works. Is there a high risk to this? Can you lose money? I heard you still make money somehow, right?
Heres a scenerio:
There is a tax lien on a nice property, the face value for Tax Certificate is .99 and the Delinquent Taxes due for 2008 is 97.94. The company has a 5 processing fee. What should I expect to spend on this? How do I figure out what interest I earn if the owner of the property pays the taxes owed? Anything about this business would help greatly. Thank you for taking the time to read my question!!
- Logan
I purchased a property 7 years ago and have never been late on my mortgage, insurance or my city taxes. I have no other liens and this is not an IRS or federal issue at all. An investor bought a tax lien certificate from my county from taxes that I didn’t realize I owed. I moved out of state shortly after purchasing the property and never received anything from the county in 7 years. Now I am getting a letter from the investor’s attorney that I owe approx 6 times what my normal tax bill amount is (after adding interest and fees). The property is actually in a real bad neighborhood and needs a ton of work and I have not been able to sell it now and I’ve been trying for 6 years. I still owe about ,000 but if they were to foreclose and auction it I doubt they would get more than a couple thousand for it.
My question is 1st of all, can they foreclose on it and if they do, can I buy it back for let’s say ,000 plus pay off the tax lien, and save myself over ,000 plus interest in the long run? If they go along with this scenario would it be legal?
It has been over 2 years since the tax lien certificatge was sold and I can no longer pay the county because my delinquent taxes were paid off by the 3rd party investor. I don’t owe the county anymore and I’m current except for that one year (2002).
Thinking of investing in property tax liens but I am worried about what happens when they do not pay the delinquent taxes. Would I get the house free and clear or have to fight for the right of ownership in long court battles. Or would I simply have a lien on the property?
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