A tax deed is a legal document that allows a city or county to transfer ownership of a property that has gone into tax foreclosure. Find out how they work.

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state ...

Normally when you buy a house, you don't want a home with any outstanding liens against it (that's also why you pay for a title company). But what happens to those houses with outstanding taxes? You ...

Most states are categorized as either tax lien or tax deed states. Real estate investors in tax lien states often purchase tax lien certificates to make a profit from their investments, because the ...