Buying a house before tax auction

[Nick Thompson]

I have seen a few forum posts on this, but I'm looking for some direct advice. There are a few houses I just found out about that are slated to go to a tax deed auction in August. I see online that the properties were already forclosed to the city on 05/01/15. Is there a way I can pay off the taxes and buy the properties before they make it to auction? It sounds like the properties are in good shape and were given to the guy a few years ago, and he just never paid the taxes. Any help is greatly appreciated!