Neither will the other title company in town.Here is the timeline on this parcel. 2013 - Collector's Deed issued to the city due to a lien placed on it for the expense of demolition of condemned house2016 - Declared excess property by city2017 - Sold at auction to an acquaintance of ours who intended to build on it9/2018 - Owner changes his mind about building and agrees to sell it to us for $5,000Now, $5,000 is no big risk to worry about someone clouding the title by claiming that proper procedures weren't followed and trying to redeem it, BUT we plan to put about $120,000 into building a duplex on it. 

I have a potential deal at auction but don’t have the money or a proof of funds to even think about it.

I do see these sell in Texas sometimes and when I do and I'm at that auction I ask the people who bought it why they bought. 

You come to the auction, bid, win, pay cash or bank check, they give you receipt - done.

There is a property in Bronx, NY (6 family unit) tax lien auction, the person is deceased and there are no heirs or relatives, is there anyway to buy this?

I reached out to the lawyer representing the plaintiff (the house has not foreclosed yet, the estate still owns it but it is scheduled for auction in 2 weeks)The lawyer of coarse could not disclose a payoff amount to me so I called the executor and told him what to ask the lawyers.

The property will be auctioned "as is". 

Search the site it is full of ways to make deals happen. a quick listPre ForeclosureForclosure auctionsREOtax saleMLSFSBOWholesalersdirect mailProbate/estatesvacant housesA lot of my deals are bought and sold at auctions. 

If a trustee auction allowed any sale to be retroactively canceled and the buyer's money not refunded, I can't imagine anyone participating.

Hi BP,I have a friend of mine bought a land through tax foreclosure auction...he bought it without doing any due diligence ahead of time, anyways he found out its a very small lot and worth nothing if he is trying to sell.The appraisal value is $12k and he paid a bit less but no body would buy such lot on the market...somebody told him to donate the land to the city or the county or some sort of organization that helps people and file it on his tax return as deduction. my questions are: 1- Any suggestions who to target to donate the land 2- If he donated the land can he file it as a loss or deduct it from his tax refund at the end of the year...he is entitled to pay some capital gain taxes on other properties he sold so this deduction will definitely help.3- If point 2 is doable will he be able to file based on the appraisal value $12k?