Tax lien / deed investors in Philadelphia?

[Tyler W.]

Hi all,

I happily own a house in West Philadelphia, an area going through amazing change for the last couple years.

As I start looking again for another house, I heard about tax lien certificates at a seminar recently.

In Philadelphia it looks like they do not have them, but have tax deed sales instead. The phillysheriff.com site always comes up when searching, and it only mentions tax lien sales. I'm trying to figure out the difference...maybe tax lien certificates exist here, but are just called something a little different. Do any of you have experience with this in Philadelphia county?

Thanks!