REI Wealth Monthly Issue 12 | Page 29

“ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR!” – DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE! ROBB MAGLEY This is why Charles Sells, director of acquisitions for Platinum Investment Properties - Group, is loath to use these words and the cliché statements aimed at attracting unknowing investors into a false oppor-tunity. Rather than a fleecing, his clients have found a legitimate way to invest in real estate by acquiring tax liens, and tax deeds, on properties for which the owners have not paid their property taxes. “We try to take all of the hype out of the water,” Sells and Fullman are focused on four particularly explains Sells. “We offer a conservative, high-yield lucrative markets at the moment, in Illinois, Texas, opportunity that is backed by property and more South Carolina and in Georgia, where the importantly, government regulations.” acquisition process begins at a tax sale. Each state has their own tax acquisition laws in these Charles Sells and his partner, Don Fullman, help situations. The process may vary somewhat across investors, even very small participants, navigate the nation, but is basically the same, with the same their way through the seemingly endless rolls of results—acquisition of the tax lien, and then a red tape and the ever confounding language of the return laws surrounding property taxes. Their expertise redemption by the property owner or mortgage and personal success has enabled many such holder, or title to the property in question. It’s a win- clients to acquire properties legally, sometimes win situation. on your investment in the form of with ridiculously low acquisition costs, when a property owner defaults on F?V?"&?W'G?F?W2?$????????2?v?BvR'W??2F??V?F?F?P?&?W'G??"6?B6V??2?$f?"W???R???#2vP?v?V?B&R??????rB&?W'F?W2v?F?FV??VV?@?F?W2f?"#"?B#? ????F?R7FFR?b??????2F?W&R?2Gv??B??b?V ?&VFV?F???W&??BGW&??rv??6?F?RFVfV?F??p?&?W'G??v?W"6?( ?&VFVV?( ?F?RF??V?'????p??fbF?R&6?F?W2??W2??FW&W7B?v?F?&?B&FP?7F'F??rB?R??FW&W7B??B6?&R&?BF?v?F??W&???vWfW"?v?FWfW"&?B&FR?26WGF?VBW??v????F?V&?RWfW'?6?????F?266?&F??rF???????27FFP??w2?