Tax lien from my partner past on a SFH in CA

[Daniel Patterson]

I have a 50/50 partnership SFH in California. My partner just informed me of a $50k tax lien put on the house stemming from taxes he owes from around 10 years ago. I found out because our loan is about to convert from interest only to conventional. I tried to extend the interest only loan and was informed we are unable due to the lien. This was a great rental and was paining itself off nicely until this happened. Any thoughts of how to correct this mess?

[Ned Carey]

I presume from the description you gave that the tax lien is for income taxes. Depending on EXACTLY how the property is titled it may not affect you much. I would be talking to a tax attorney. 

If it was an interest only loan it was not paying itself off at all.