Zero Risk Real Estate: Creating Wealth Through Tax Liens and Tax Deeds

Foreword

Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.

—Andrew Carnegie

Buying real estate is not only the best way, the quickest way, the safest way, but the only way to become wealthy.

—Marshall Field

How would you like an investment that is safe, is secured by real estate, is administered by the government, involves no brokers, is enforced by state law, and gives fixed returns? This may sound too good to be true given the roller coaster we have been on in both the real estate and equity markets over the past several years, but it’s real.

Many people have lost their homes due to the real estate bubble bursting, and the daily news has been full of stories about foreclosures and short sales. Millions of real estate investors have also been hurt by the dramatic decrease in real estate values. In addition, there are billions of dollars of delinquent real estate taxes due on properties across the nation. However, as Napoleon Hill, author of the international best seller Think and Grow Rich, so aptly observed, “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

The educated investor understands this and recognizes the opportunity that presents itself when a market declines. One of the little-advertised ways to invest in real estate is through investing in tax liens and tax deeds. Tax lien and tax deed investing is not a get-rich-quick investment scheme, but it has stood the test of time and is a great ...