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Make Big Profits
With Delinquent
Tax List
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By Kathy Kennebrook (The Marketing Magic Lady)
sing
delinquent tax
lists to locate
highly
motivated
sellers is one
of the easiest ways I know to find
good deals and really motivated
sellers for your real estate
business. None of your
competitors are using this resource
and there are definitely some
motivated sellers in this group.
This is the perfect time of year to
locate and work with these very
motivated sellers.
Each year, just before the tax
certificate sale in your county, the
county will produce a list of all the
people in your county who have
not paid their tax bills before the
cutoff date. Usually this list will
also include the name of the
owner, the address the tax bill was
mailed to and a description of the
property including the subdivision
if there is one. They provide this
list in order for you to be able to
look at properties you want to
purchase tax certificates on. But
this is also an excellent list for you
to use for direct mail campaigns.
These are some very motivated
sellers who feel pressured to sell
their property because they can no
longer afford to pay taxes for
whatever reason.
There are two easy ways to get
this particular list. One is to simply
check your local newspaper.
Usually a few weeks before the
sale, the newspaper will print a
section listing all of the properties
that have had tax certificates issued
against them. They produce this
weekly for about three or four
weeks right up to the date of the
sale. The other way to obtain this
list is to go to your courthouse or
tax collectors’ office and ask for it.
They will usually gladly give you a
copy. There is generally no cost for
this list.
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The way I utilize this list is to
carefully go through it and choose
properties in subdivisions or
specific areas I want to buy in and
mail each of these property owners
a letter. The list is going to be fairly
large depending on what area you
live in, so picking specific
subdivisions or areas you want to
buy in is a good way to hone the
list down to something more
manageable.
The important thing you need to
remember is to keep this letter
neutral and personal, don’t
mention that you are aware that
their taxes are behind. You don’t
want to do anything to alienate a
potential seller.
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