Is there a way to buy homes cheaply by paying the taxes on deserted homes if so where do you send the payments

It depends on where you live. Counties and state vary on property taxes and how they are paid.


In the state of Washington, property is auctioned for back taxes. In Arizona, some counties auction tax lien certificates and don't auction property until taxes have been overdue for three years.


Check with your county assessor's office for property that has an overdue tax bill. Or contact your city's planning and zoning office for the owners of houses, you have the addresses for, that you think are deserted. They may be willing to strike a deal. Good Luck!Is there a way to buy homes cheaply by paying the taxes on deserted homes if so where do you send the payments
VERY risky. If you want tax default properties, but them at a tax auction. You can get the information from the County Treasurer's office. They will let you know how much is owed and when the auctions are. Using this approach you can get title insurance, if your state doesn't have a redepmtion period.Is there a way to buy homes cheaply by paying the taxes on deserted homes if so where do you send the payments
public auction FTW forclosures and owed taxes are public records
you pay all tax's at the court house, wherever the town is at
Contact your county treasurer/clerk for the availability, procedure and settlement.
This will depend on the state you in... You may be able to obtain the property by adverse possession where you pay all property taxes for a specific period of time, notoriously use and occupy in a manner hostile to the owner (without their permission) and then pitition the county for the property.





Your 1st step would be to find land where the taxes are past due... way past due..





Kevin
In order for adverse posession to work, you need to actually be using the property, not just paying the taxes. And even then the use would need to be for many years. If the house is deserted, it probably would need some work to make rentable. It would be very risky to invest in improving a property you don't own with the hopes of taking title via adverse posession down the road. At any point you could get busted for trespassing, then not only do you lose your improvements, but you also face criminal and civil liability for the trespass.





If you're interested in a deserted house, I'd recomment looking up the owner of record at your county recorder's office, contacting them and trying to negotiate its purchase.
sent them to me
said bank or realtor
County Tax Assessor Best Place To Start.
I don't know about any other state, but here in Oklahoma taxes are public records so you can pay a persons taxes and retain a tax certificate on their property after a certain period of time, if they are delinquent. I believe they have to be delinquent for 3-5 years before they hand you over a deed. So they get a fair time period to pay them. You can check on particular property by calling your counties treasurers office and they will be able to tell you if taxes are current.
Get in touch with your local council..
Check w/city assessor's office they should have a list of delinquent tax properties. If they do not have that info they can direct you to correct department as well as the procedures on obtaining the properties.