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Tax liens are said to be a good investment, but what is that makes them so profitable? To answer this question, you have to get a bit familiar with the basics of tax liens. In the following lines, I shall try to gather all the most important things a person must know before getting involved with such a thing as tax liens.
First of all, let's set things straight about the meaning of a lien, that is in terms of law: a lien is a way of securing the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation, by means of granting a security interest over an item of property.
There is a tiny bubble of opportunity that allows persons to crash in on the housing. There is a little known secret that could allow you to browse through millions of homes for between $100 to $3000 dollars and legally buy homes. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , ,
Investing in tax lien certificates can be a safe, lucrative, and accessible investment. Related Article Tags: , , , , , ,
Whether tax lien investing or tax deed investing is better for you depends on the state that you live in and what your goals are. If you are looking to pick up property under market value than you are better off with tax deeds than with tax liens. If you do your homework and purchase tax liens on good properties, the chances of foreclosure are slim. Related Article Tags: , , ,
A lien is a legal claim over property that must be paid before selling the property the lien is on. Understanding liens is important when you make get a car loan, a mortgage, or do not pay your taxes or mechanic’s bills. Consensual liens are not a problem for you or your credit rating in most cases. This is what happens when you take out a loan when purchasing a car or house. It is like the car or house is used as collateral for the loan. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , ,
Do you have liens against your house? A lien is a declaration placed on your residential home in order to get hold of the compensation of a debt. It could be a placed by a municipal government, the IRS, or contractors for non-payment of repairs or property improvements. Related Article Tags: , , , , ,
You must be wondering what this foreclosure thing is all about. The answer to this question is not a simple one, but once you come to terms with the procedure, you will see that it is not a too complicated thing.
At a time when the world economy has been down, the words 'foreclosure' as well as 'tax liens' seem to be read frequently. You may have also heard of folks buying tax liens with the idea of getting a tax lien home for a very low expense. Individuals who buy tax lien home know the great rewards in their investment. To be able to know how this works, you need to firstly know very well what a tax lien is. Related Article Tags: , ,
You have heard about investing in tax liens, but is it as easy as promoters make it sound. Here is what our experience was. Related Article Tags: , , ,
I am often asked why a lender wouldn't take back a deed in lieu of foreclosure when the homeowner offered his deed to the lender before he went into foreclosure. The lender will not consider a short sale or a deed in lieu of foreclosure until the homeowner is at least 90 days late on his mortgage or deed of trust payments in most states. In some states like Georgia, the foreclosure period is only 30 days so check what your state's foreclosure laws are before assuming anything or listening to anyone who is not an attorney. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , ,
One of the biggest concerns for new tax lien investors is how can they purchase tax liens without going to the tax lien auction. Many people don't have the time freedom to attend the tax sale and not every state conducts tax lien sales. What if you live in a state that does not sell tax liens, or if you don't live in the United States, how can you invest in tax liens? Related Article Tags: , , ,
There is often confusion about what is a short sale and a short pay with a lender in foreclosure. A short sale is where the lender is willing to discount the existing mortgage(s) and sell to an investor for a "cash" transaction or an end buyer who does financing. Rarely the lender will finance a buyer if he has excellent credit and qualifies for another loan, and the lender believes the buyer will be living in the property. The only reason this wouldn't happen is because of the lender's internal policies or additional existing liens on the property. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , ,
A judgment lien is a court ordered lien that is placed against the home or property when the homeowner simply fails to pay a debt. This doesn't seem like a big deal, but when the homeowner has a judgment lien against his or her home and wants to sell it, the judgment lien has to be paid in full before the home or property can be sold. Related Article Tags: , , , , ,
A lien is defined as the right to hold or sell property that is owned by an individual who owes debt. The property is often sold to make payment on the debt or the property is held as security until the debt is paid off. There are many financial institutions that use a lien to obtain the amount of money owned to them. In addition to financial institutions, the federal government also uses tax liens to obtain money until their debt is paid off in full.
Recently someone contacted me with a very “valuable” lien that they had for sale. They didn’t have the money to foreclose on the lien and wanted either to sell it or partner with someone on foreclosing it. (Have someone else hire a lawyer to foreclose on the lien and share in the profits). When I checked into the property, I found out that it was a vacant piece of land with little value, and the lien holder had already invested more than $16,000.00 into this lien. They had paid subsequent taxes over a few years and when they stopped paying the taxes the lien was struck off to the municipality. Related Article Tags: , , ,
Teaching you what tax liens are, how you can obtain them and include them in your real estate investment strategy, and how they have the potential to make you alot of money and are safer than most investments because of their win-win situation. Related Article Tags: , , ,
Once you've completed the first three steps in the process of building your profitable tax lien portfolio, you can progress to step four to building your profitable tax lien portfolio, which is doing due diligence on the properties in the sale. This is the most important step in the process and whether you do this properly or not could mean the difference between being extremely profitable and losing money. Read this article to find out why. Related Article Tags: , , ,
In Part I of this series I’ll discuss why I think this is a perfect time to get started in tax lien investing and in Part II of this series I’ll talk about why real estate auctions are a great opportunity for investors that have more cash available. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
Due diligence is the most important step in the process of investing in tax liens or tax deeds. Whether you do this correctly or not could mean the difference between being extremely profitable or loosing your investment. Learn more... Related Article Tags: , , , , ,
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