Tax-lien investing allows you to gain exposure to real estate in your portfolio without having to own or maintain a physical property. When you invest in tax liens, you’re making an investment in a ...

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 ...

After a property owner receives a tax lien, it creates an opportunity for investors. You’re allowed to purchase the debt related to that property. To do so, you’ll need to participate in an auction ...

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 ...

Real estate is unexplored territory for many investors who are wary of taking on the burdens of direct ownership. For those individuals, there's an alternative: tax liens. Tax lien certificate ...

When real estate investors or business owners want to acquire real estate, they might consider buying property at a tax lien or foreclosure auction. Property may sell for less than market value at a ...

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 ...

Left to right: Andrew Kassner and Joseph Argentina, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath. Given the downward pressure on commercial real estate valuations in many areas, and the increasing likelihood that ...

The Board of Supervisors next week will consider whether to approve placing nearly 1,000 tax-defaulted properties throughout ...

A tax lien on this duplex in Quincy was sold three years ago by the city for $37,483 to a third-party investor that later foreclosed on the owner and moved to evict tenants living there. The property ...