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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Houghton 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 Houghton county, Michigan.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Houghton county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Houghton 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 Houghton county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Houghton county, Michigan allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Houghton 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 Houghton 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: |
| Michael Lahti | Commissioner, Chair, District 3 | mlahti@chartermi.net |
| Scott Ala | Commissioner, District 4 | |
| Dennis Barrette | Commissioner, District 2 | dbarrette@remcs.net |
| Edward Jenich | Commissioner, District 1 | ejenich@portagehealth.org |
| Paul Luoma | Commissioner, District 5 | |
| Douglas Edwards | Prosecuting Attorney | |
| Brian McLean | Sheriff | |
| Raymond Niemi | Drain Commissioner | |
| Kathleen Beattie | Treasurer | |
| Mary Schoos | County Clerk/Register of Deeds |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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