Back Tax Help

[Shawn Roberson]

Ok so I partnered up with a guy who had a property that was foreclosed on and deeded back to him free and clear from the lender. So he let me wholesale it to an investor in the Baltimore area. Now here's the problem, the property was foreclosed on 7 years ago and back taxes have grown very high. This property was only purchased for 15k how in the world do your back taxes grow to 31k ? We have the property under contract with a new buyer for $9,500. Does anyone know if I can negotiate the back taxes way down. I mean who in their right mind would buy a property with 31k in back taxes in the baltimore city area. This is a row home that would be rented out.This house would just sit and the city would lose. Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks