A recent college grad is trying to talk his parents into investing in a tax lien purchase. Is it a sure bet, or are there ...

As you start investing, you may come across one of the lesser-known types of investment that’s rarely mentioned: the tax lien. The simple definition of a tax lien is that it is a legal claim made by a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Left to right: Andrew Kassner and Joseph Argentina, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath. Given the downward pressure on commercial real estate valuations in many areas, and the increasing likelihood that ...

The tax lien sale deadline has been extended by two weeks, giving thousands of New Yorkers more time to take action avoid potential foreclosures on their homes. On Thursday, the Department of Finance ...

A wife who helped pay off the mortgage, but was never a titleholder, is not entitled to the proceeds of the judicial sale of the home. That’s according to the U.S Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, ...

A lien is a legal right, or claim, to your property acquired by a creditor. The purpose of a lien is to hold a property item — it doesn’t have to be a house — as collateral for a loan or debt. If you ...

The city will now hold off on selling the debt of property owners—who make the list if they owe taxes or water, sewer and emergency repair charges—until June 3. The extension “gives New Yorkers more ...

“Mayor Adams’ Task Force has an opportunity to ease New York City’s perpetual affordable housing crisis and promote permanently affordable housing. The question is, will he choose Wall Street and real ...