FIELD GUIDES · INDEX
Step-by-step resources from the BidWise team for researching, scoring, and bidding on auction properties with confidence.
What a tax lien actually is, how it differs from the redeemable tax deeds Georgia sells, and the risk most beginners miss before their first auction.
Getting Started · 7 MINWhat the score actually measures, how to interpret the confidence indicator, and when to override the recommendation with your own judgment.
Getting Started · 6 MINA baseline framework for rehab ranges by decade-of-build, condition flags, and the specific signals that bump your estimate up or down.
Underwriting · 9 MINThe exact lookups to run before any auction bid. What back-tax depth actually means, and the red flags that should kill a deal instantly.
Risk · 7 MINThe math behind a defensible max bid, how to walk away cleanly, and the psychological traps that make experienced investors overpay.
Auction Day · 8 MINWhat you actually inherit when you win a tax deed sale. Junior liens, mortgage interests, and the situations where the math gets dangerous fast.
Risk · 10 MINHow to mine past auction outcomes for market signals. Identifying overpaying neighborhoods, dead zones, and where the real values are.
Research · 7 MINGwinnett and Clayton both sell on August 4. Here's what the published lists look like after analysis — parcel counts, how many clear our strong-deal bar, and how to prepare before the courthouse steps.
Market Updates · 6 MIN · ARCHIVEDWhat an HOA lien at a tax deed sale can mean in Georgia: where association claims come from, who owes dues, and what to ask an attorney.
Risk · 7 MINA repeatable way to pull comparable sales for a tax deed parcel: radius, recency, property matching, unseen condition, and after-repair value.
Underwriting · 7 MINWhat is a tax FiFa? Georgia's recorded tax execution for unpaid property taxes, where it sits in the timeline, and why it is not a lien certificate.
Glossary · 7 MINCan you live in a tax deed property in Georgia? Generally not during redemption. What possession, insurance, and barment really require.
Risk · 8 MINHow Gwinnett County excess funds work after a tax sale: the official source, who can claim the surplus, and what proof a claim needs.
County Guides · 8 MINWhy you pay property taxes during the redemption period on a Georgia tax deed, how they come back as recoverable extras, and how to bid for them.
Underwriting · 8 MINBarment is the notice that ends the right to redeem a Georgia tax deed. What it is, when it can be served, who receives it, and what it changes.
Glossary · 6 MINHow to read a tax sale list in Georgia: what each column means, what it quietly hides, and the routine that turns a line item into a real bid.
Research · 9 MINHow a Cobb County tax sale works: the first-Tuesday cadence on the Marietta courthouse steps, the tax commissioner notice, and how to research parcels.
County Guides · 8 MINWhat happens if property is redeemed after a tax sale in Georgia: who can redeem, the flat 20% premium, recoverable costs, and your payoff math.
Georgia Process · 7 MINVacant land tax sale due diligence in Georgia: check access, zoning, floodplain, utilities, and value before you bid on a lot at a tax sale.
Underwriting · 9 MINHow DeKalb County excess funds work after a tax sale: where to look, who can claim the surplus, what proof a claim needs, and when interpleader decides it.
County Guides · 7 MINTax deed vs foreclosure auction in Georgia: who sells, what the bidder buys, how redemption differs, and what survives each sale on the courthouse steps.
Research · 7 MINThe minimum bid at a Georgia tax sale covers delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and sale costs. What that opening bid includes, and what it hides.
Glossary · 6 MINWhy a Georgia tax deed stays uninsurable until quiet title, what the action resolves, why barment comes first, and where the cost belongs in your bid.
Georgia Process · 8 MINHow a Gwinnett County tax sale works: the Lawrenceville courthouse steps, the first-Tuesday cadence, the official notice, and what to bring on sale day.
County Guides · 9 MINBarment explained: how to foreclose the right of redemption in Georgia after the 12-month period, who must be served, and why quiet title follows.
Georgia Process · 8 MINHow an IRS lien changes a tax deed sale in Georgia: the 120-day federal right of redemption, spotting the lien in a title search, and bidding around it.
Risk · 8 MINA first tax sale checklist for Georgia bidders: confirm the official notice, pull title, set a written max bid, and settle payment terms before sale day.
Auction Day · 9 MINWhat is a redeemable tax deed? In Georgia you buy the property subject to a 12-month redemption and a flat 20 percent premium, not the tax debt.
Glossary · 6 MINHow a DeKalb County tax sale works: the Decatur courthouse steps, the first-Tuesday cadence, the official notice, and what to bring on sale day.
County Guides · 7 MINWhat the Georgia tax deed redemption period means for a buyer: no possession, subsequent taxes, the flat 20 percent premium, and barment at month 12.
Georgia Process · 8 MINThe Gwinnett County tax sale October 2026 analysis: 56 parcels scored, 43 residential, 21 clearing the strong-deal bar, and how to prepare.
Market Updates · 6 MIN · ARCHIVEDThe October 6, 2026 DeKalb County tax sale carries 256 analyzed parcels, mostly land, and one Top Deal. Here is the mix and how to prepare.
Market Updates · 6 MIN · ARCHIVEDGeorgia tax sale excess funds explained: what the surplus is, who can claim it, how the covered counties handle claims, and why the buyer never gets it.
Georgia Process · 7 MINHow to buy tax deeds in Georgia, step by step: finding the sale notice, researching a parcel, bidding on the courthouse steps, and the 12-month redemption.
Getting Started · 8 MINFIELD NOTES · UPDATES
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