Are you considering investing in Florida tax deeds? We don’t only offer tax deed title certification; we’re also consistently gathering Florida-specific information, statistics and legal insights for tax deed investors. Our attorneys recently produced this white paper outlining some of the statutes and case law regarding these properties which illustrate the unique opportunities that Florida […]
Taking the right measures at the time of the sale can prevent headaches. Improper tax deed vesting (the legal assignment of title and ownership of a property) is a common mistake. Scenarios can include everything from invalid LLC’s to misspelled names. Take a few minutes to save yourself thousands of dollars in legal fees and […]
Buying at tax deed auction can be a cheap and effective way of acquiring rental properties. Rental income provides steady returns, while still allowing you to hold the asset for future sale. With the passage of the recent tax bill, taxes on pass-through income have dropped significantly – in some cases to almost half. Whether […]
There are a wealth of questions we encounter from our clients, but one situation we encounter frequently is an investor calling with concerns about a tax deed property that has various code enforcement violation liens, and how that is going to affect the process of getting title insurance. There is a lot of confusion regarding […]
Some of the more common questions we receive from tax deed investors involve the list of lands and escheatment tax deeds. In this post we breakdown what the investor needs to know about purchasing tax deeds from the list of lands. What is the List of Lands? If there are no bidders at the public […]
Local Governments depend on property taxes for funding of the critical services we all rely on like public schools, road maintenance, public safety and healthcare, to just name a few.
So what happens to a community and its services when property taxes go unpaid? Well you wont be surprised to learn that delinquent property taxes impede the provision of important government services and the local government’s fiscal health declines.
You just acquired a piece of land from a tax deed auction and there is a mobile home on it; what does this mean to you as purchaser? Do you now own the mobile home as well? Can you move it off of the property? We have had the opportunity to assist our clients with quite a few mobile home issues lately, and we decided to write this post to help answer a few of these questions for your benefit too.
Cleartosell recently exhibited at an event where we spoke with a tax deed investor who mentioned that he prefers buying vacant land at auction rather than land with structures on them because of the lower maintenance and easier upkeep involved. Since we normally deal with investor clients who buy single-family homes or condos to flip or rent out, we investigated the issues associated with tax deed vacant land and share our findings below.
Congratulations! You are the proud new owner of a property won at a tax deed auction, but are you in possession of your new property yet? Finding out whether the tax-deeded property is occupied or not can be as simple as driving by, checking the electric meter, or even knocking on the door. If those aren’t obvious indications of occupancy, then post notices on the premises with your contact information and send a FedEx that requires a signature.
Due diligence and careful pre-auction planning are easily the most time consuming but important processes for deciding which tax deed properties to bid on, in which county, and what your bid ceiling is going to be. With 70+ auctions happening per month in Florida alone, keeping track of all that information can quickly become overwhelming. Cleartosell offers our service in counties in Florida and we know how difficult it can be to juggle all those auctions, so we decided to create and share a helpful tool to make auction planning more manageable!