OfflineThis type of bidding method is used when buying tax lien certificates. In this auction you are bidding down the interest rate or rate of return you will be receiving on the tax lien certificate. Bidders will decide how low of an interest rate they are willing to accept before buying the tax lien certificate.
Since profit margins are based on the amount of interest which may be collected if a property owner buys back the tax lien certificate during the grace period, investors must take care not to bid "too low," thus eliminating any real profit. Some states, however, require a minimum interest rate, regardless of the actual bid. In some areas, the minimum interest rate that can be collected is 5%, so even if an investor bids 1% to buy the tax lien certificate, they are still guaranteed 5% by state law.
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what if numerous people bid on 4% and 3% when they are already guaranteed 5%?
who will win the bid if 5% is already guaranteed?
please help me thanks
The guaranteed amount is set in stone as the minimum...the bidding of interest at those levels just determines who wants it more than the other. I know it does not make much sense, but in most cases these are offered in online auctions, where most people do not know who is bidding and or will have the online system do proxy bidding for them at a set interval, so they can win the auction and get the tax lien certificate.
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