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Tell me if this is true. Was told that if someone doesn't pay their property taxes
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:35 pm
for 3 years, but a "registered agent" pays that tax every year for those 3 years, the "registered agent" would then own that house even if it were already paid off.
That doesn't sound right.
If true, I can't even imagine the fraud with that.
That doesn't sound right.
If true, I can't even imagine the fraud with that.
This post was edited on 5/1/25 at 2:37 pm
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Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:37 pm to tigerskin
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Tell me if this is true.
Partially true
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:38 pm to tigerskin
truth!!! have a neighbor who lets his slide for two years then has to pay agent certain percentage for them paying taxes. crazy to just piss money away like that. neighbor is in paper everytime unpaid taxes are posted. not sure how it works if house isnt paid off because neighbor has their's paid off.
This post was edited on 5/1/25 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:38 pm to tigerskin
You’ve never heard of county tax auctions for past due property tax?
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:39 pm to tigerskin
I don't know if it's the same everywhere, but I personally know a guy that has gotten multiple properties that way. As you can imagine, the people investing in tax liens aren't scoring beautiful, million-dollar homes in general.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:39 pm to DCtiger1
That's just brutal for old people slipping up.
And the fraud scenarios of being "friend" of a "registered agent"
And the fraud scenarios of being "friend" of a "registered agent"
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:41 pm to tigerskin
Paying taxes on a property doesn't automatically make you the legal owner. Ownership is determined by the deed or title, which must be legally transferred through a purchase, inheritance, or other formal process. If you pay taxes on someone else's property, you might be able to claim a financial interest or lien in some cases, but this varies by jurisdiction and requires legal action. Claiming ownership without a valid title is likely to be considered fraud.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:41 pm to Yat27
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I don't know if it's the same everywhere, but I personally know a guy that has gotten multiple properties that way. As you can imagine, the people investing in tax liens aren't scoring beautiful, million-dollar homes in general.
Yeah it is a risk putting that money up that they won't pay for 3 years. But insiders can make logical guesses on likely candidates
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:42 pm to tigerskin
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slipping up.
If you don't pay your taxes for multiple years in a row its no "slipping up"
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:42 pm to tigerskin
there are redemption periods to which the owner can make necessary payments plus "penalties" needed. tax sales are essentially purchasing liens on the property is a better way to view it initially.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:48 pm to tigerskin
Anyone can pay anyone's past due taxes. You can redeem those tax payments by reimbursing the person who paid them. If they pay them for multiple years, I thought it was 5, 7 or 10 years but I digress, they will be awarded the title.
However, someone mentioned old people "slipping". You get tax notices every year around Thanksgiving. If you fail to pay taxes you get a notice. If someone pays your taxes in a sheriffs sale you get a notice to redeem.
There is so much paperwork when the cycle starts, there is no way you could slip and not notice.
Mostly, it's people who go broke and literally can't afford the taxes, then are hard headed enough not to sale the property that end up loosing their home this way.
However, someone mentioned old people "slipping". You get tax notices every year around Thanksgiving. If you fail to pay taxes you get a notice. If someone pays your taxes in a sheriffs sale you get a notice to redeem.
There is so much paperwork when the cycle starts, there is no way you could slip and not notice.
Mostly, it's people who go broke and literally can't afford the taxes, then are hard headed enough not to sale the property that end up loosing their home this way.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:52 pm to Clyde Tipton
I think my late F-I-L did something like this years ago. the property is listed at "0" acres and valued at $4000. has nothing but weeds and a pecan tree on it. the city is always after M-I-L to cut the weeds.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 3:03 pm to tigerskin
the whole point of property taxes is to steal the land from citizens and make it such that nobody can ever actually own land. It is just theft.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 3:04 pm to tigerskin
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That's just brutal for old people slipping up.
And the fraud scenarios of being "friend" of a "registered agent"
Tax auctions don’t really work the way you’re describing. It’s not like some “friend”/relative/whoever is paying the property tax for 3 years behind the owner’s back and then seizing the property.
In reality, what happens is that the parish/county auctions off houses with delinquent property taxes to the general public. Depending on location, the public may be buying a deed outright or they may be buying a tax lien.
If it’s a deed sale, the buyer (at auction) directly buys ownership of the property but can’t actually take ownership until a later date. If it’s a lien sale, they become the lien holder for the unpaid taxes, giving them the right to collect the taxes plus interest. If the property owner doesn’t pay the taxes plus interest within a certain time period, the lien holder can then foreclose (take ownership).
In either case, the original property owner has a designated period of time (I think usually 3 years) to pay the back taxes and retain ownership before the auction buyer can really do anything.
What you’re describing sounds more like some sort of scheme similar to squatter’s rights where someone takes hostile ownership without the property going to a public tax sale. I have no idea whether that actually a thing.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 3:05 pm to tigerskin
Yeah the government will take any and all of your shite, and if someone else pays them - they'll give your shite away.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 3:09 pm to tigerskin
Purchasing tax sale adjudicated property generally still requires an acquisitive prescriptive period to support having clean title. Any lienholder requires notice even if the 3 or 10 year periods elapse, so you’d need to be confident every mortgagee or documented interest got actual notice.
Some difficult LASC case law with a former bank not having notice of the tax sale or purchase at tax sale and clawing back the sale even after 10 years, so there’s usually still a risk.
Some difficult LASC case law with a former bank not having notice of the tax sale or purchase at tax sale and clawing back the sale even after 10 years, so there’s usually still a risk.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 3:09 pm to tigerskin
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That's just brutal for old people slipping up.
And the fraud scenarios of being "friend" of a "registered agent"
Not an excuse.
Set up an escrow account and transfer the funds monthly then have them send over once a year. You can have all of this setup to where they dont need to do anything unless the value adjusts.
This is why most families end up broke.
Its the little things. You have to pay attention to all of it. The family needs a defacto leader in finance that reminds people of these things and make sure they are taken care of.
If not, kiss the money goodbye.
Its so sad, but this is the majority of people in this country.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 3:11 pm to tigerskin
We need a new board for questions chatgpt can answer
Posted on 5/1/25 at 3:12 pm to tigerskin
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Yeah it is a risk putting that money up that they won't pay for 3 years
Worst case, they pay the back taxes and you get your money back.
Not a huge risk if you ask me.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 3:26 pm to tigerinms
If it’s not paid off the bank pays the tax through your escrow account
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