All Forum Posts by: Julia Aberdeen

Thanks, @Ned Carey. That was helpful.

As far as how proceedings appear to work in DC, I may be using the wrong terminology (tax lien sale vs tax sale vs ?), but based on the DC real estate tax sale website, a property is purchased at a tax sale, after 4 months the purchaser can issue a foreclosure complaint. If the foreclosure is successful, meaning the owner doesn't pay up, then the purchaser receives a title of deed for the property.

There is a property that I'm interested in which had its tax lien sold at the Washington DC tax sale in 2022. The foreclosure process hasn't been started yet. If I contact the person who bought the tax lien last year and they wanted to sell it, would that be legally possible? If you owned a tax lien in DC, what price would you sell it for given how much you've already put into the tax lien?

Is there anyone with specific experience in Washington DC that has any insights?