Land obtained by tax deed has mobile home on it

[Douglas Curtiss]

Hi all. Wondering if anyone has run into this. I had a tax lien in Arizona that I took through the judicial foreclosure process and now have deed to. The attorney who did the foreclosure suit hooked me up with a realtor to sell it. It’s a 10 acre parcel of land. It has an unaffixed mobile home that’s in bad shape on it. I noticed on the listing for the property, it says: “unaffixed mobile on property (seller does not have title)”. What does this do to the sale? If someone buys the land but does not have title to the mobile home, can they just remove it? Would they have to contact the former owner and have them remove it? Any thoughts? I know I could ask the attorney. Just trying to save a couple hundred bucks in lawyer fees.

[Bruce Lynn]

I'd check with the attorney that did the foreclosure sale. 

Often what I have seen is the seller needs to remove it, unless it will be a cash sale and the buyer will buy it with the mobile home on it.

If it is one that needs financing, often tough to get financing with that kind of object on the land.  I think lenders think worst case scenario is they get the property back and now they have to deal with it or pay to have it removed.

One day I was at a property like this, and neighbor came and told me he would junk it for free.  Probably he was going to disassemble and take the salvageable parts to a recycler was my guess.  So there may be some people around like that.  I'd want to make sure they would take all of it and not just some of it.

Good luck...let us know what happens.