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Updated over 7 years ago on . Most recent reply

Free method for doing title search and checking liens/back taxes?
Free method for doing title search and checking liens/back taxes?
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First, it is important to stress that title research is a very tedious exercise and you want to make sure you know what to look for and correctly interpret the records at county clerk that you find.
The point of the exercise is to establish whether following a successful bid at the sheriff sales you'll get the title of the property free and clear.
And if you are not, you want to know what liabilities you'll be inheriting.
When looking at the records, you want to know what are all the liens attached to the property
If the lender foreclosing is the first position mortgage
Is there a tax lien (federal, municipal, etc.) attached to the property?
It is a detective exercise.
Hope it helps.
Let me know if you need further info