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Investing in tax lien certificates can be a safe, lucrative, and accessible investment.
I finally figured out why I’ve been successful at investing in tax lien certificates, but have not been very successful at other types of real estate investing. All this time I thought it was just because there’s less money needed for tax lien investing than there is for most other types of real estate investing. But now I think that I’ve found out the real reason. It’s my negotiating and communication skills, or should I say lack thereof.
If you use money from a Roth self-directed IRA, and you do not take any withdrawals until retirement age – you do not pay any taxes on your profits! So if you are using tax lien or tax deed investing as a way to save for your retirement, you need to look into this.
How much money is enough? If you're using tax lien investing as a way to invest for the future, then you can get started with a couple of thousand dollars. But if you want to create an income from tax lien investing than you need to invest much more.
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.
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.
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.
This is the second article in a series about advanced strategies for buying tax delinquent properties. I talk more about Jack Bosch and his system for picking up properties before they get to tax auction. Before there is competition.
Here are some mistakes that can lower your rate of return in your tax lien or tax deed portfolio. These are mistakes that I, or one of my clients, or another investor that I know, has made in the process of investing of tax liens or tax deeds. I’m sharing them with you so that you do not make the same mistakes that we did when we were just beginning to invest in tax lien certificates and/or tax deeds. Hopefully you can learn from our mistakes.
The tax sale lists that you get from the tax collector do not have all the information that you need to do due diligence on tax sale properties. Read this article to find out the best way to get the information that you need...
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.
With large numbers of Americans now looking for safer investments for their long term wealth building programs. Most want higher returns than they can get from putting their hard earned money into Bank CD's, many are seeking information about Tax Liens. Investing in Tax Lien/Deed certificates will enable you to realize safe, annualized returns all guaranteed by the United States Government.
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.
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.
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...
Recently one of my clients asked me what I thought of one of a book about tax lien investing. The book that he asked me about is one that I do recommend on my web site. The name of the book is Profit by Investing in Tax Liens, by Larry Loftis. The problem with books about investing in tax liens and tax deeds is that every state is very different and there is no book in print that I’m aware of that does justice to every state in the U.S. My goal in this article is to give you a short review of some of the books that I’m familiar with and point out the pros and cons of each one.
In this article, I want to try to answer the questions that were asked most often but not addressed in my free video course. I especially like to answer questions that start out with the words "How do I..." or "How can I ...". This type of question shows me that someone is really interested and is ready to take action. So here goes...
Many people think that approaching the IRS to ask for a release of Lien is a negative or scary experience. Let's really think about what we're doing here. If you have obtained a property with a hefty tax lien, do you think you should really approach the IRS directly?
In many states, if the property owner does not pay the property taxes the county or municipality will accrue the taxes and penalties for many years. Ultimately, if the property owner does not pay the taxes, the county or municipality will sell or auction the property at a tax sale or auction.
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.
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