Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Marguerita is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor ...

Liens are legal claims on property that are often placed by creditors or government agencies to secure property taxes, contractor fees and other unpaid debts. Common types include tax, judgment, ...

Tax lien investing is a potentially high-yielding — but risky — real estate investment strategy. Investors cover an unpaid property tax bill upfront and are then responsible for collecting from the ...

If a homeowner doesn’t pay their property taxes, the government can put a tax lien on their house. An unpaid tax lien can result in the homeowner losing their house through foreclosure. But did you ...

One troubling aspect of tax practice that CPAs sometimes have to deal with is what to do when the IRS or some other authority attaches a tax lien to a client’s property. The issue is even more complex ...

This may sound complicated to some, but American IRA’s recent post highlights just how simple and straightforward tax lien investing can be. Investors do have to be aware that the limits on interest ...

As the City Council prepared to end New York City’s controversial tax lien sales, the de Blasio administration warned that delinquencies would rise. That’s exactly what’s happened. With the tax lien ...