@Tyler BrundageBP is a treasure chest full of useful resources.

., if the house is worth $10,000 and they owe $5000 in back taxes, offer $5000 plus you assume the back taxes. he is a trick not mentioned yet. some, not all, local governments will allow the owner to make a payment arrangement on the back taxes. you simply just have to go into the treasurers office and ask. here in western new york, there is one local that will allow you to put just 25% down and make payments for the next year and a half. you do NOT have to tell the current owner about this. if you structure your deal to include you assuming the back taxes, you are not stating that you will pay them up front, you merely stated that you will assume responsibility for them. check with the local authorities and see if you can work such a deal

I'm the treasurer of the HOA as of April.

Treasure Coast, FL.  

i wasnt a BPer 2 months ago when i was having yard estate sales to clear out all the junk the estate had left on the property but anyways, long story short, i held a couple yard sales.on the 2nd consecutive weekend a browser asked me if i had a permit and i explained how i had just closed on the property and the estate/sellers had left junk behind so i thought what better an oppotunity to see if one's mans trash is another's treasure and so was just holding weekend yard sales till most the stuff is gone and was told i still need a permit so i contacted BOE who said to register online for a temp reseller permit# and i did and then the online system flagged my SSN. i called BOE and they gave me the # to my local BOE field office where i consequently called in and was told to fax my SSN card so i did then they called to say the number field on my ssn card is blank (obviously it is not) so i asked them what do they want, me to expand the image in the fax so i did make an enlargement photocopy and faxed that then they called back to say theres a known problem with their fax machine that is cutting off enlarged images so i actually have to go in person to BOE and show them my SSN card. when i went into the BOE there was a long line (picture DMV!)

Feel free to jump in the community here and also take advantage of the treasure of knowledge here.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

The county assessor-treasurer’s office is highly unlikely to refund property taxes paid by a non-owner -for any reason.  

@Ben Leybovich   keep in mind though one persons pig is another persons treasure..!!

Yep, county treasurer is where you should go.