What can you do to get that tax lien off of your aching back
? How can you handle the stressors of the government knocking down your door with all of its requests and demands for payment on your overdue taxes? Handling a tax lien isn't really all that difficult, you just need to know your basic options and move forward from there.
Before the government issues a tax lien they make more than 1 attempt to contact the owner. If you have been contacted in this manner then the best thing to do would be to contact them and figure out how to pay off your delinquent taxes, so that your property will not be sacrificed.
One of the options available to owners whose properties are financed is generally taken care of for them. When the government contacts the owners concerning the defaulted taxes they also inform the lenders who then promptly pay the government and require that the mortgagee pay them back through the use of an escrow account (which had it been set up in the first place could have prevented this whole situation).
When an escrow account is not a viable option there is always the opportunity to sell the property. Because a tax lien limits the transfer of a title it is important that you remember to include the cost of the tax lien and all related fees into the closing costs, If they are paid then the title can be transferred and the property sold.
When owners are especially uninterested in their properties and the well being of them, or when they don't care enough to respond to the governments warnings they can simply wait out the specified time and let the government take control of the situation By doing this the government will sell off their property by means of a tax deed auction or tax lien certificate sale.
A tax lien may seem like a monstrous task that is insanely boring hard to understand how to handle, but in reality it is quite simple. Just do your homework and talk to the right people and you can have the issue resolved quickly.