States › Michigan › Benzie County

County Courthouse
PO Box 377
Beulah, MI 49617-0398
Phone: (231) 882-9671
Fax: (231) 882-5941

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Benzie county, Michigan is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Benzie county, Michigan.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Benzie county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Benzie county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Benzie county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Benzie county, Michigan allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Benzie county, Michigan lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Michigan laws and competition, savvy Benzie county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Michigan tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Michigan tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:

Name:	Position:	Email:
Donald Howard	Commissioner, Chair, District 4	howardd@coslink.net
Steven Haugen	Commissioner, District 7
Michael Jones	Commissioner, District 3
Tom Kelley	Commissioner, District 6
Mary Pitcher	Commissioner, District 2	mpitcher@chartermi.net
Mark Roper	Commissioner, District 1
Frank Walterhouse	Commissioner, District 5
Anthony Cicchelli	Prosecuting Attorney
Robert Blank	Sheriff
Terry Money	Drain Commissioner
Linda Wilson	County Treasurer
Dawn Olney	County Clerk
Michelle Gray	Register of Deeds

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