Elderly tax delinquents are in trouble. Post 51


New York Law Journal New York Lawyer August 31, 2007 By Thomas Adcock A Taxing Problem Speculators in the shark-infested waters of the real estate world smell the blood of new prey: the elderly who long ago paid off mortgages on houses now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and who fall behind on likewise […] . . .

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Tax lien investors probed by FBI for bid rigging. Post 50


BaltimoreSun.com September 7, 2007 By Fred Schulte and June Arney | sun reporters Probe targets tax-lien sales U.S. agents raid 2 area businesses Federal agents have raided two Baltimore County real estate businesses and seized a wide range of records as part of a criminal investigation into municipal auctions of property tax liens. Search warrants […] . . .

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A typically sad tax delinquent story. Post 49


sun-herald.com 09/10/07 By Elaine Allen-Emrich Her home is going on the auction block Woman needs $11,500 to save her home NORTH PORT – Beverly Rosa promised her dying mother she would not put her ailing father in a nursing home. Keeping her word often meant being punched by her father as she cooked dinner. For […] . . .

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Some tax lien certificates are like Junk Bonds. Caveat Emptor! Post 48


Lake County tax sale will close traditional bidding Monday, August 27, 2007 nwi.com (NorthWest Indiana) By Bill Dolan CROWN POINT | Lake County commissioners hope to unload hundreds of tax-delinquent properties next week in a sale that also may be the last before a change in the way tax sales are conducted. Potential […] . . .

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Tax delinquencies trending dramatically higher. Post 47


Charlotte County, FL 08/18/07 Number of delinquent tax warrants spikes Officials cite economic downturn for unpaid taxes The Charlotte County Tax Collector was set to file for warrants Friday to seize personal property, if necessary, to collect $1 million in unpaid tangible property taxes from 1,204 people who failed to pay their 2006 taxes, according […] . . .

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The only thing certain in Death – is Taxes. Post 46


NewTimesLive Danbury, Connecticut Liens on elderly would be mistake (letter to the editor) It seems Kevin Cleary, Bethel Board of Finance chairman, is proposing a tax lien be put on the property of the elderly who receive a tax break on the real estate they own. I can see it now, as the elderly deceased […] . . .

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Tax delinquent real estate, a “Good Old Boy Network” favorite! Post 45


Argus Leader Sioux Falls, South Dakota August 6, 2007 By Jill Callison Property to be declared as surplus Property that has reverted back to Minnehaha County will be declared as surplus on Tuesday. The county commissioners will consider a resolution to sell two tax deed properties to Great Western Bank. *************** Coach Mitch’s REFLECTIONS County […] . . .

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13,000 tax delinquents in Guam. Post 44


Insert to list delinquent taxpayers Pacific Daily News By Carlos B. Pangelinan 8/8/2007 The names of more than 13,000 residents and businesses who are delinquent in paying their real property tax are listed in an insert to home deliveries of today’s Pacific Daily News. The Department of Revenue and Tax Real Property Tax Division published […] . . .

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Tax delinquent disaster: Imagine losing your home over a $1.63 tax bill? Post 43


Tax lien nightmare ends in Slidell Local man pays to settle suit over house Wednesday, July 18, 2007 By Charlie Chapple A Slidell-area couple whose house was sold for a $1.63 property tax bill they knew nothing about will have clear title to their home today, thanks to a local businessman who paid to settle […] . . .

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Tax delinquent businesses are good leads. Post 42


Lawmakers likely to remove bed-tax ‘cloak’ Business First of Buffalo July 23, 2007 by James Fink When members of the Erie County Legislature convene for their biweekly meeting July 26, they are expected to vote on a local law that will allow the county to release the name of any hotel operator who falls behind […] . . .

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