Real estate investors report finding some of their best deals at tax lien auctions.  County tax sales can sometimes provide a ticket to an easy profit for investors with a bit of patience.

 Buying homes at county tax sales is a practice that was once somewhat uncommon, but today is much more mainstream.  County tax sales auction off tax lien certificates attached to homes whose.  Tax liens occur when a home/property owner fails to pay property taxes within a specified time frame.  Home/property owners who are delinquent on property taxes eventually have a tax lien placed on the home.

 Once the lien is issued, the government (county or municipality in most cases) becomes interested in trying to recover the taxes (including) they are due as quickly as possible.  To do this, the county sells a tax lien certificate at a county tax sale (also called tax lien auctions).  Interested buyers can bid on this certificate.