Just Where Is That Tax Sale, Anyway?

Whenever possible, we try to list the location of the sale in the “SaleNotes” section of the tax sale list. If the sale’s online, we include that in the “SecondaryType.” There are a few occasions where the sale is “Online” but you have to be at a computer in a certain place (i.e. an official county office or something) and we always make sure to mention that.

Sometimes, when we acquire the tax sale properties list, we aren’t given specifics as to where the sale might be. Or it’ll say something vague like: “Courthouse.” When that happens, you have to do research as to find where the sale’s going to be held. There are plenty of times I feel like I shouldn’t write blogs anymore, but just write “Do Your Research” over and over till I call it a day. Often, (but certainly not always) that’s the same place where you’ll register for the sale.

But there’s more to a tax sale than just research, there’s the actual bidding process as well. If you’ve done all your research before a sale, you’re all ready for anything that may happen… let me offer a suggestion: go to where the sale’s going to be held. Just to look around, familiarize yourself with it. Maybe it won’t be a big help, but I find when I’m going to give a talk or a presentation that I feel much better about things if I’ve seen where I’m giving the talk beforehand. It kinda “slows things down” for me, and lets me focus on what I have to do. In a high-pressure, constantly-changing environment like a tax sale, that little comfort could make a big difference.

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If you can’t find the parcel number… we couldn’t either

When we get these tax sale lists and put them into the database, the most important thing is the Parcel Number. Our workers are taught that from the git-go at eTaxsales.  I bring this up because a few of the county tax sale lists in Nebraska didn’t have Parcel Numbers. They didn’t offer them. Legal Descriptions and Tax Amounts are offered, but they just don’t have Parcel Numbers. This doesn’t happen much in all of America. Maybe in a few Florida tax deed sales, and a few other random counties throughout America…

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They don’t make new counties, but they do make new OTC lists

When you first sign up for eTaxSales, it’s typical to just go through all the states and all the lists, downloading everything. Upcoming sales, OTCs lists, all of it. What you may want to do, though, is check up on the OTC lists in various states at different times throughout the year. We try to update those lists as the counties post new OTC lists.

I mention this because I just recently put in another batch of all of Arkansas’s OTC deed lists. That means it includes not just all of the properties that were already offered for over-the-counter sale by the various Arkansas counties, it’s “fresh” enough to include the properties that didn’t sell at the tax deed sales last fall. (Note: these OTC lists do not include properties that didn’t sell at the Arkansas tax deed sales that have already occurred this year. Those will be available later on in 2013).

That being said, it’s not just Arkansas. We also update the OTC lists for the other states that offer them, too. If you think you already have a county’s OTC list, be sure to check the postdate. If it’s more recent than the last one you downloaded, get the new list. Not only will this new list include any new properties, it will also have taken off anything that was already sold from the older, prior list you have.

We update these OTC lists as often as we can. We usually try to stick to the same schedules the county’s themselves use, but remember, other people can always buy those properties, too. As I say every single week/time/blog entry, and seemingly every moment of every day, make sure to do your research to ensure that the property you’ve got your eye on hasn’t already been taken by someone else.

Good luck out there,

When you first sign up for eTaxSales, it’s typical to just go through all the states and all the lists, downloading everything. Upcoming sales, OTCs lists, all of it. What you may want to do, though, is check up on the OTC lists in various states at different times throughout the year. We try to update those lists as the counties post new OTC lists.

I mention this because I just recently put in another batch of all of Arkansas’s OTC deed lists. That means it includes not just all of the properties that were already offered for over-the-counter sale by the various Arkansas counties, it’s “fresh” enough to include the properties that didn’t sell at the tax deed sales last fall. (Note: these OTC lists do not include properties that didn’t sell at the Arkansas tax deed sales that have already occurred this year. Those will be available later on in 2013).

That being said, it’s not just Arkansas. We also update the OTC lists for the other states that offer them, too. If you think you already have a county’s OTC list, be sure to check the postdate. If it’s more recent than the last one you downloaded, get the new list. Not only will this new list include any new properties, it will also have taken off anything that was already sold from the older, prior list you have.

We update these OTC lists as often as we can. We usually try to stick to the same schedules the county’s themselves use, but remember, other people can always buy those properties, too. As I say every single week/time/blog entry, and seemingly every moment of every day, make sure to do your research to ensure that the property you’ve got your eye on hasn’t already been taken by someone else.

Good luck out there,

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Get Prepared in Both Mind and Resources at the South Carolina Delinquent Tax Lien Sales

As lucrative as the tax lien sales in South Carolina can be, strangely, it can be easy for investors to lose track of them. They sometimes can fade into the background behind the drum beat of Illinois deeds and liens, New Jersey liens, Washington and California deeds, as well as all of the Colorado tax lien sales. But with interest rates from 3 to 12%, (depending on the redemption date) South Carolina can be a great state to incorporate into your tax lien wealth accumulation strategy.

You can tell it’s fall when the South Carolina delinquent tax lien sales arrive. Counties (almost all of the time) hold their annual sales on the first Monday in September, November and December. What’s great about that is, if you miss a county that’s holding a sale on the first Monday in September, you still have plenty of opportunities to get in on a South Carolina tax lien sale.

And there are plenty of opportunities. These are huge sales, with many offering thousands of parcels. Many of them are mobile homes. Unfortunately, as of this writing, almost none of these sales are online, so you will have to be there in person to participate. Luckily, that means you’ll be traveling to South Carolina during the winter, where it’s (usually) quite pleasant. The state has a beauty and “down-home” charm that doesn’t get the big publicity of nearby states like North Carolina and Florida. If you want to get away from the snow and get to the beach, South Carolina’s a place you can do it without dealing with the large crowds prevalent in other states.

With all the tax lien sales going on in the fall and early winter, you want to keep your profit-making options open, so that you can find a way to maximize your opportunities to make money. Don’t let South Carolina pass you by, check out all of our available auction lists.

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