i have a question about tax sales and foreclosures does a foreclosure have to take place before a tax sale , I purchased a property at last years tax sale , then i got an e-mail from a bank stating they wanted to redeem , i question this and went to the county court house to ask questions and talked to a judge for 3 hours as she looked things up . after all that she said looks like i have a diamond in the ruff it looked like something was not filed right but could not tell me what it was . now i have gotten 2 letters from a lawyers office demanding that i sign the redemption papers. after the second letter they file foreclosure papers and are now asking for the court to allow them to redeem without me signing off . i am trying to find a lawyer to talk to but have had no luck . can someone please tell me what i need to do . thank you.

He runs the Northern Worcester County Landlord Assn, you might want to look into that.We are also planning a landlord panel discussion at our Worcester Black Diamond meetings (url in my signture) sometime this spring, so you might want to sign up for our email list to be notified.

Most of them aren't very experienced, but sometimes they will find a diamond in the rough.

You might take advantage of the MA attorneys who regularly attend our Black Diamond events and discuss these questions at the meetings during networking before and after the meeting.

Going just a little north you should check out the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham too.  

Besides that the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham is a great one to get out to.  

But good ones are like diamonds among the ore

Over 1,000 sq. ft. with wood-burning fireplace, private deck and garage parking just down the hill from Diamond Peak Ski Resort & within 1 mi. to golfing, Casino & private beach! 

For reference, the LVP bid was about $6.15 / sqft installed.For $6.15sqft I can get the best HW floor co to do the best full sanding, best re-stain, best 3 coat poly with diamond coat which is basically gorilla glass for floors including warrantied against pet claws.

It helps you learn to spot the "diamonds" yourself.I understand the economics of why real-estate agents can't really take every investor to a hundred properties, but looking at lots of properties (especially with an experienced agent pointing out the benefits & flaws) can help you decide where and what to buy.