Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and an educator of fintech ...

Falling behind on property taxes can cost you your home. Here’s how tax lien and deed sales work and why the Supreme Court is ...

Discover how tax lien foreclosure works, key differences from tax deed sales, and what happens if a property owner fails to pay taxes. Informative insights for investors and homeowners.

Business enterprises routinely conclude commercial contracts on a credit basis, billing customers at a later date. Some customers fail to deal in good faith, but it is difficult to know if that ...

You might think you already know about any liens on a property you already own. However, the fact is they can lurk beneath your radar and pop up at the most inopportune times. Like when you’re getting ...

You might want to check for liens on your property if you’re planning to list your home for sale. To improve their chances of a smooth transaction, most buyers conduct a formal title search to make ...

After a property owner receives a tax lien, it creates an opportunity for investors. You’re allowed to purchase the debt related to that property. To do so, you’ll need to participate in an auction ...

A property lien can be either general or specific and voluntary or involuntary. A mortgage lien is a specific, voluntary lien. The priority of the liens on a property determines which debt will be ...

A mortgage lien is a mortgage lender’s legal right to take legal possession of your home if you fail to pay your debt — a process known as foreclosure. This claim makes your home the collateral that ...

A lien is a legal right, or claim, to your property acquired by a creditor. The purpose of a lien is to hold a property item — it doesn’t have to be a house — as collateral for a loan or debt. If you ...

Washington’s construction lien statutes provide contractors with remedies to secure payment from property owners for furnished labor and/or ...

When you remodel a kitchen or replace a roof, you probably focus on design choices and contractor bids, not the legal ...