Unsold tax properties

[Ivelisse Matos]

I am new to bigger pockets and investing. Someone told me about unsold tax properties. Can anyone tell me how to find them in my town and if they are worth it?

[Patrick L.]

Usually the worst of the worst.  Properties I wouldn't take for free.  Generally you'll find inaccessible landlocked parcels in rural areas, vacant lots in very rough areas (usually with a municipal demolition lien plus a ton of lot clearing liens attached), odd slivers of land (ie 8 ft wide lots), or swamp land/marsh/wasteland.  Tax deed auctions are competitive, if the property has value above the taxes it will sell (and even most times when it doesn't there's still a sucker who can't pass up the chance to own something for a few thousand dollars)