JT-IN Has you headed in the right direction. I buy tax liens all the time.
Be very careful of the PIN number as it can and is often corrupted by inefficeint county clerks…ie, numbers transposed, etc.
Always check that the legal is the legal you are looking for.
Always check that the Parcel Numer (different from the PIN) is the one you are looking for.
If you plan on doing this as a business…LEARN…where the various parcels are located…some are OK…some are GOOD and some are not worth pursuing at any cost.
You can be successful or you can get burned in the tax lien/certificate business…there is a lot more to it and just showing up and bidding.
I suggest you go to your local courthouse law library and ask the librarian to assist you and get all the statutes on tax sales for your state of Ohio. Read them, read them again, and read them again…investigate before you invest.
As you can see, there are 25 states with a Franklin County. Which state do you refer to…?
When dealing with Tax Liens it is very state specific, so what might work in one state may be totally off base elsewhere.
A parcel identification number (PIN) is a time-saving way to identify property on tax assessment maps without having to use confusing legal descriptions.
Also addresses are often incomplete, so tax sales usually are identified by a Parcel ID Number. You should be able to go to the Franklin County Auditors website, and plug in a PIN offered for sale in the tax sale, and it should convert the number into an identifiable address or other pictorial (plat) description. If you are familiar with the Auditor’s site, try one… and this should identify the property that they are selling the tax lien certificate for.
There is much more to know about tax lien cert’s before you go buy one… in case you aren’t aware of that aspect.
Actually, I am aware that there is more to buying cert’s. I called around and talked to some people who informed me that this is how Franklin County Ohio and probably other states sell there tax lein certificates.hungry to gain knowledge of them to be well equipped for next sale at end of year.