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Robert Rainey
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Miami, Fl
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Homestead exemption back taxes

Robert Rainey
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Miami, Fl
Posted

Hi all. I have a situation I've never seen before so I need some help. 

I have a deal that I wanted to keep for a rental because of the location. I have it under contract for $160k and it's worth about $350k. However I found it has a $100k mortgage and $113k in back taxes that just caught up to the owner a month before I got it under contract. The back taxes are because she was claiming homestead exemption on 2 houses. 

Does anyone know if I can help her fight the taxs or get a reduction. I've done enough research and found out that her husband was claiming one house and she the one I'm buying but she never changed her name and they just caught up to her. Any advice???

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