This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Tax Lien Code CEO Brian Peterson teaches an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about small business lending, finance, and entrepreneurship. For most small business owners, debt is an unavoidable aspect ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s a powerful yet often ...

Tax lien investing is a potentially high-yielding — but risky — real estate investment strategy. Investors cover an unpaid property tax bill upfront and are then responsible for collecting from the ...

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 ...

Across Victoria, there are grungy lots overgrown with weeds, filled with junk and housing that isn’t safe for people to live in. These lots are accumulating code enforcement property tax liens from ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state ...

Palm Beach County will have to defend itself against a class-action lawsuit that claims code-enforcement liens have been improperly inflated by adding on collection fees and interest. At stake could ...