New to Tax Sales or DeedGrabbing? Start Here

What is a DeedGrabber? What is DeedGrabbing? The first question I am often asked is, “What is a DeedGrabber?” Here is the short answer: A DeedGrabber is an investor who gets a deed to (buys) property that is about to be lost to a tax sale investor. Read my article Tax Sale Basics for a more [...]

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Find Missing Owners with this New Tool

 News alert - find missing owners with this easy, cheap, and EFFECTIVE people search tool. Your best deals will often require you to find an owner. The tool you need is now here. Inexpensive, unlimited monthly searches, and really works - we've tried it! Thorough Searches - Amazingly Deep Results (Find Relatives) This site runs the subject through many [...]

What Are Tax Certificates?

Of all the ways to invest, one that is always overlooked by every investment broker is tax lien certificates. This is one way to make money off of the tax system and possibly gain land. This is also one of those methods that few people get into because there is some risk not associated with [...]

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Tax Lien Property: Increase Odds of Getting a Property by 5 Times!

Going blindly into tax lien auctions and expecting to obtain cheap properties is not something you can expect to happen. The fact is, 93-98% of all tax liens purchased at a tax lien auction will eventually pay off, leaving the investor with only interest and no property. However, there is a 3-step approach to tax [...]

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Tax Liens: Which "Camp" Are You In?

"Investors" interested in tax liens invariably fall into one of two camps: 1. True Investors: Plain and simple, true investors want to park cash, and earn an above-market rate. True investors don't want to have to actively manage their investment; they want their cash to do the earning for them. Tax liens ARE a bit [...]

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Tax Properties - 5 Things You Should Know

At some point in everyone's real estate investing career, tax properties enter the scene as the "miracle" real estate investing vehicle. Usually this comes about because of a tax sale guru's promise of free and clear properties for only a hundred bucks or so. Unfortunately, this just isn't how it works 99% of time - [...]

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Quit Claim Deed VS Warranty Deed: What's the Difference?

A Quit Claim Deed Does About EVERYTHING That A Warranty Deed Does I'm often asked if a quit claim deed has the same "power" as a special warranty deed or warranty deed. The concern is that if a quit claim deed is obtained, that the new owner will somehow have "less than full ownership." This [...]

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Flipping Houses in Now and Beyond

Think flipping houses is "dead" after the real estate meltdown? Not at all. It just takes a different strategy to be viable in this real estate environment. Here is how the art of flipping houses has changed over the recent years. No More Investor Mortgages When I first started flipping houses in 2005, there was [...]

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Lien Certificates Part 3: The Arrangement Between Rich Man and Poor Man

Lien Certificates can be a great opportunity for investment. The Plan For Investing in Lien Certificates The investment plan for lien certificates that I always made to the Rich Man when I was the Poor Man: I offered to research the lien certificates, which was a significant expenditure of my time. It involved driving past [...]

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Lien Certificates Part 2: 'Rich Man' and 'Poor Man' Team Up

In a previous post we met 'Rich Man' and 'Poor Man', and why lien certificates were not a viable investment for either one of them individually. Poor Man may not actually be "poor" as we normally define it. But he doesn't have much cash for long term investment. For now, he's looking for bargain properties. [...]

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