Tax Sale Voided?! Check received w/amount from a year ago. atty $

[Denise Jdsmom]

This is the first time this has happened, and I haven't been able to get in contact with the RE attorney in charge of my case. I hired him in September and in November I received a check with the exact amount (not including legal fees) that simply stated, "Tax Sale Voided". I'm livid and have no idea even who to complain to! I was expecting 20% ROI in the year it was there and I was even counting the extra months, plus the attorney fees. And now, I not only didn't have that money to invest in something useful, but also I am in the hole for the attorney fees (or am I?)

Why didn't the attorney tell me?

Why did the county keep the money all this time?

What happens to my attorney fees that I was supposed to get back? Did I lose that money too? 

I've been trying for over a week to get a hold of my attorney and to no avail. 

Thanks for reading, hopefully someone on this forum knows.