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Tweet Do you want to learn how to invest in tax sales?  Do you want to learn the best neighborhoods to invest in Baltimore City? Which neighborhoods are the good the bad and the ugly? Do you want personal mentoring and all you investing questions answered?   If so contact us. Crab Properties, LLC is […]

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Tweet ! ! ! Update: see 2011 Tax Sale Announced ! ! ! The Baltimore City has announced that the date of their annual sale of tax lien certificates is scheduled for Monday May 18, 2009. Other important dates for tax sale bidders. Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Properties that are delinquent will be listed in […]

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Tweet Perusing the web recently, I found a post about the Anne Arundel Tax sale. It reminded me of something you will sometimes see at a live tax auction. Anne Arundel’s tax lien sale instructions say that if someone is there to “clear the family title” they should speak up and others are asked not […]

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Tweet The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Steven Berman has pleaded guilty on charges he conspired to fix bids at a number of Tax lien auctions in Maryland over a several year period. Mr Berman is the husband of Heidi Kenny, the attorney that I had reported won so many bids at the recent Baltimore […]

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Tweet What is a Tax Sale? After writing the previous post, Tax Sale Results part 1 I realized that some readers may not know what a tax sale is, so I will give a brief description and then the results. The bulk of the income for most municipalities is property taxes. To encourage people to […]

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Tweet In my last post I mentioned how there were two empty lots scheduled to go to tax sale. They were assessed at upwards of $100k although the neighborhood was worth double that. I wondered if anyone would bid without inspecting the properties to see that they were actually empty lots.  Yes, American Lien Fund is […]

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Tweet It’s been a little while since I last posted because this is a busy time of year for me. One of the things I do is buy tax liens at the Baltimore tax sale. This is not really a direct investment in real estate but it is a way to get passive interest. In […]

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