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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Otsego 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 Otsego county, Michigan.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Otsego county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Otsego 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 Otsego county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Otsego county, Michigan allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Otsego 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 Otsego 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: |
| Paul Beachnau | Commissioner, Chair, District 2 | paul@gaylordmichigan.net |
| Erma Backenstose | Commissioner, District 5 | marieeb@charter.net |
| Clark Bates | Commissioner, District 1 | cwbates@dunnsonline.com |
| Allan Bentz | Commissioner, District 9 | allanbentz@hotmail.com |
| Kenneth Glasser | Commissioner, District 6 | glasserkenneth@hotmail.com |
| Michael Hyde | Commissioner, District 8 | jmhyde2@yahoo.com |
| Douglas Johnson | Commissioner, District 7 | sjohn554@freeway.net |
| Paul Liss | Commissioner, District 3 | paullliss@yahoo.com |
| Lee Olsen | Commissioner, District 4 | lloley@voyager.net |
| Kyle Legel | Prosecuting Attorney | |
| Jim McBride | Sheriff | |
| Diann Axford | Treasurer | |
| Susan DeFeyter | 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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