Tax sale leads: properties headed to sale for delinquent taxes
Tax sale and tax lien filings signal a property owner who hasn't paid property taxes. The county will sell the property or the lien to recover the debt. Every filing reaches Keystone the day it's recorded. Each county is sold to one subscriber.
Why filing-day matters for tax sales
Tax sales follow a long timeline. The owner falls behind on property taxes, the county issues a notice, and eventually the property or the lien is sold at a public auction. The window between the filing and the sale is when the owner is most reachable and most motivated to find a solution that lets them keep some equity.
Most tax sale lists come from the county treasurer's office or are published weeks before the auction. By then, every investor in the market has the same list. Court-direct sourcing catches the filing earlier in the process, before the property reaches the auction stage, giving you a longer runway to reach the owner and structure a deal.
Tax sale vs tax lien
In a tax deed sale, the county sells the property itself to recover unpaid taxes. The buyer gets the deed. In a tax lien sale, the county sells the right to collect the tax debt. The buyer gets a lien with interest, and if the owner doesn't redeem it, the buyer can foreclose. Both create motivated-seller situations, but the timeline and owner's options differ. Keystone tracks both types where the court system publishes them.
What you get per lead
- Property owner name + case/parcel number
- Property address (tax-assessor-validated)
- Filing date + delinquent tax amount (where available)
- Estimated property value (where available)
- Phone, email, mailing address (where available via skip-trace)
- Direct link to the county records for verification
States we cover
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7-day free trial. No credit card. Tax sale leads are lower volume in most counties, but the properties are heading to forced sale, making them strong conversion opportunities.