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Arizona Property Tax Liens: Guide to Profit, Protection and Prosecution, by Mark L. Manoil, Capital West Publishing, Phoenix. Publication date: June, 2002. 272 pages, comprehensive Index, many illustrations, footnotes referencing statutory and case law information. Price: $139.00 plus tax and shipping. Click to order now!

Ready reference on the details of acquiring property for back taxes. Phoenix real estate attorney Mark Manoil=s new book represents more than ten years of practical and legal lessons learned about investing in and foreclosing Arizona property tax liens. In 17 chapters (check the table of contents), the book covers basics to advanced issues of the statutory and judicial processes, the investors= research and decision-making tools, profiles of profitable investing techniques, foreclosure forms, and useful statistical and data resources.

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Have all your questions answered (including the ones you didn't know to ask) on your way to buying land for back taxes!

From the basics:

• How the tax lien sale works

• Property research checklist

• What the investor buys

• Foreclosure checklist

• Risks of tax lien investing

• Flow chart of foreclosure process

• Foreclosure problems and how to deal with them

• Resolving priority of liens, e.g., IRS liens, judgments, other government claims

• Computing lien values and double-checking earned interest reported by Treasurers

• Arizona county tax collection statistics

• Dealing with interests of Arizona financial institutions resolved by RTC/FDIC

• Information resources for researching, valuing, and selling property

• Treatment of tax liens when property owner in bankruptcy

Armed with the information in this Guide, you'll know more about property tax liens than most lawyers!

In addition to example forms from government offices and websites (see the list of illustrations), the book contains valuable appendices:

• Key legal forms for prosecuting a judicial foreclosure

• Directory of Arizona County offices

• Select Arizona Census 2000 data

• Spreadsheet templates for estimating unredeemed lien value and calculating return on investment in effective yield (compound interest) terms

• Explanation of Arizona Tax Classes and Department of Revenue Use Codes

• Statistics of Arizona Counties= assessment rolls and their tax collection experience

• List of Arizona failed financial institutions under FDIC receivership/conservatorship

• Sample forms and relevant IRS publications

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Copyright 2002 Mark L. Manoil, All Rights Reserved

last rev 02/01/2009