Discover how tax lien foreclosure works, key differences from tax deed sales, and what happens if a property owner fails to ...

Most states are categorized as either tax lien or tax deed states. Real estate investors in tax lien states often purchase tax lien certificates to make a profit from their investments, because the ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of ...

Tax lien investing allows you to purchase a tax lien certificate issued by the local government when a property owner has unpaid property taxes. A tax lien certificate includes unpaid taxes along with ...

Marriage, siblings, estates and family ownership can all lead to unwanted trouble from the IRS if property is owned jointly. Should one of those joint owners be indebted to the IRS, the tax agency can ...

Jeff Steiner, Scott Weinberg and Joel Haims explain how changes to New York City law have turned tenant-relocation and other ...

Buying property tax lien certificates is investing in real estate on the cheap. Bidding on tax liens for sale at a government auction takes money, but not as much as it would cost to buy real estate ...

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