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With the deepening global economic situation some of the best real estate opportunities are coming up like investing in property through tax deed sales. Tax deed Foreclosure sales are another kind of foreclosures for sale and are a great way to buy a property at a very good bargain deal. So whether you are a home buyer or an investor, understanding about the process as well as the sources of finding good tax foreclosure sales can help you get the best real estate bargain ever.

Understanding Tax deed foreclosure sales

Most of the foreclosed homes are taken repossessed due when the homeowner is unable to pay his loan amount to the mortgage company, but another kind of foreclosure also takes place when a homeowner defaults on the real estate taxes and doesn’t pay them. In such cases the property is foreclosed and put up for tax deed sales.

Most of the foreclosed property in tax deed sales is sold through public auctions where the property is sold to the highest bidder directly. Though tax foreclosure sales of deeds are not as highly advertised in the foreclosure market, but it is possible to find some great deals through this avenue.

The following pointer will be very helpful for finding good bargain deals on properties under tax deed sales:

•    Understand local regulations - Tax deed foreclosure sales process is varies from state to state and therefore it is very important to understand the local laws. For instance the tax sales in most states are done at the county level under the jurisdiction of the treasurer or the auditor while the state of Ohio they are done as sheriff sales which also carries out the mortgage foreclosures.

•    Knowing the minimum bidding value – As the foreclosed properties are sold at public auctions the minimum bidding criteria varies locally. In some places the minimum bidding is the appraised value of the property, or a fraction of the appraised value and even the tax amount owed in some cases.  

•    Contact the tax collector – In order to know the local regulation in your area you can contact the treasurer or the tax collector in your state and get information about the upcoming tax foreclosure sales.

About the Author:

Melanie Hogeveen is an expert writer in the field of real estate especially foreclosures and has been doing research on foreclosures for the past several years. She is renowned for her advices and tips on buying foreclosures. For more details please visit Tax Deed Sales.

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Question: advice on buying a house from fannie mae?

Anyone have any suggestions or tips for getting the best deal on a foreclosure from fannie mae? Is there any possible way to negotiate with them directly instead of the realtor? How flexible is fannie mae with prices? (the house im interested in is listed by the realtor for 25k but im sure would sell for much less in a county auction)

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Answer: Foreclosed properties are bought by Fannie Mae and fixed up. They wont ever go to auction and usually wont go much cheaper on the price.

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Buying Foreclosures

Question: How do you find real estate foreclosures to buy without buying a list from some marketing firm?

Most of these marketing firms generates the same lead info at a high price? Isn't this info part of public information? Is it fairly easy to research and find with alittle effort?

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Answer: you can go to your county records office,
my county publishes a daily newspaper, that lists all the foreclosures, addresses and $ amounts associated

as far as Foreclosure auctions, I have been to a couple and they are relativly informal. there is a list of properties that were to come to auction that day
many of those properties are taken off the block prior to auction (due to countless reasons including paper work not turned in, property owner working to get current etc...)
once a property is auctioned, there is a minimum price (in my area seems to be about 3-5% above default rate)
if a property is not sold at auction it becomes bank owned real estate.

notes on auction, you have to have the $ or cashiers checks that can be endorsed over I think they prefer the checks so they do not have to walk around with a bunch of $

bank owned realestate I think is offered by one agent that represents the bank, so a regular agent might not know much about bank owned properties.

hope this helps.

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