Tax lien class/training

[Anthony Murphy]

Can anyone recommend a good tax lien class or any kind of training (preferably online) that is not a gimmick or waste of money? Thanks for your help.

Tony

[Ann Bellamy]

Anthony, you stated you are looking into FL liens, which, as @Wayne Brooks says, are certificates, not actual liens. You probably already know that NH municipalities can't sell their liens to private parties.

While the basic concepts can be understood from one of several books on the subject, they are notoriously unreliable for the state specific information. One book I read concluded that Massachusetts didn't have tax lien sales because the author had called all the counties in the state, and they all stated that they didn't sell tax liens. Well, that would be because the taxing authority in MA is the town, not the county, so NO, the county doesn't sell tax liens, the towns do.

In tax lien investing, the laws, rules, customs and nuances of proceedure for the given state are the critical pieces of the puzzle. More important than the overview. And, the proceedure can vary by county, or in MA's case, by town.

Yes, there are lots of hits on BP when you do a search, but there is gold in the forums, if you take the time to dig for it. Honestly, tax lien investing requires lots and lots of due diligence, so if you aren't going to take the time to research on BP, you might consider whether you will take the time to do sufficient research on a specific certificate.

If you determine that Florida is the market you want to pursue, then I would take @Ned Carey 's advice, find a tax lien attorney in that state, and pay them for their time. You'll need him or her anyway if you go to foreclosure, you don't want to do a tax lien foreclosure with any attorney who doesn't specialize in them.