Investing in Real Estate Tax Lien Certificates: Case Study

An actual case study looking at Florida tax lien certificates as an alternative investment to bank CD's and bonds.

Created by: Larry Aiello
"Il Professore"

What Will I Learn?

• Learning the ins and outs of investing in Florida Tax Lien Certificates by way of a case study.
• The difference between a tax lien certificate and a tax deed.
• We will look at two of the main websites that host the auctions for the Florida tax lien certificate auctions (Grant Street and Real Auction).
• County-Held certificates are also an investment option where the counties will sell their certificates at an 18% interest rate.
• We will go over the tax deed application process if a property tax owner does not pay their tax liability within the redemption period.

Requirements

• A desire to learn about one way of investing in real estate that is not very well understood but can be done with a minimal investment.
• Only individuals with social security numbers from the United States or entities with tax identification numbers will be able to register on the auction sites.
• An understanding of Microsoft Excel will be useful as that is the tool the instructor will use to filter his selection for auction.

Target audience

• Students that want to learn about investing in Florida Tax Lien Certificates
• Students that want to learn an alternative form of real estate investing
• Students that want to discover an alternative method of investing for income.