Taxpayers and Commercial Propertry Foreclosures

This article brings up a good point that as a property owner, you need to pay attention to local laws and happenings surrounding commercial property foreclosures.

Cook Co. reaching out to those due money after property foreclosure
August 25, 2011|By Mary Ellen Podmolik | Tribune reporter

Two years after unveiling a search engine for former property owners to determine if foreclosure surplus funds due them, $16 million sits in an interest-bearing account with the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Now, that office is teaming up with other county and state agencies to get their word out to 1,944 former property owners who are entitled to a share of the funds.

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Proposed bill seeks to eliminate real estate ‘scavenger sales’ in Michigan

Some recent news regarding auctions and government. What do you think? Let us know you thoughts?

Genesee County officials are pushing to change state law and give county treasurers more discretion on when and how to put foreclosed houses on the auction block.

The hope is to prevent so-called “scavenger sales,” in which real estate speculators often buy groups of homes on the cheap and flip them for a quick profit to unsuspecting buyers.