Thursday, 27 October 2011

Finding tax lien properties

By Greg Dickson




When a property fails to pay tax on due time, government attaches a tax lien to it. The govt. places these liens to secure the payment. Nevertheless securing the payment does not run the govt expenses. It needs money to operate and so often these liens are sold against money. The resulting tax lien certificates provided to the stockholders hold great opportunity since the interest rates on these investments are higher than what you will find anywhere else.

But before you buy the tax liens, you have to define the properties that have lien and the owners have the facility to make the payment before the govt makes a decision to sell these properties at a lower value , sometimes, not enough even to recover the tax payments.

Your research should begin with a plan. You should study about the profitable territories for tax lien investments. Once you know about the territories, you can easily search inside those limits. You won't have to drive all the way to the district but you can easily do all the research while sitting at your home. Just be absolutely certain that you understand how to use search websites.

You should also determine the tax authorities for the territories where you want to invest in tax lien. These authorities will most likely have publically available info about the tax lien sales and auctions. This is where you should purchase those tax lien certificates.

When you are purchasing tax lien, make sure that you are not purchasing lien on properties with Problems. As an example, if a property doesn't have a clear title, then purchasing a lien in that property can lead to waste of cash. You need to also ensure that you aren't buying properties that don't follow the zoning rules. Finally, make sure that the properties have the selling value in case the owner does not make the payment.




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