Tax Certificates?

Question

Are they a good investment? Any help would be great.

Answer 1

If by tax certificates, you mean tax lien certificates, they're not too bad.

You just need to do your research on the properties you're buying tax certificates on, so that if you do get "lucky" and foreclose on one of the properties that doesn't pay their taxes, that you don't get some swamp land or some land w/o any access rights, etc.

There are several courses out there to learn about it (search "tax lien" in ebay or google or yahoo search for example). Most are not too expensive. And what's nice is that you can get these certificates just about anywhere!

Hope that helps!