Normally when you buy a house, you don’t want a home with any outstanding liens against it. That’s also why you pay for a title company. But what happens to those houses with outstanding taxes? You ...

A tax deed is a legal document that allows a city or county to transfer ownership of a property that has gone into tax foreclosure. This means the homeowner has failed to pay property taxes and the ...

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 ...

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 ...