Delinquent taxes get paid at closing. You keep the rest.
Property taxes in Dallas County are high, and once you fall behind they grow fast. Penalties, interest, then attorney fees, then a lawsuit from the county's collection firm. Eventually a tax sale.
We buy houses in Dallas with delinquent taxes — even with a tax suit filed or a sale date set. The taxes get paid out of the sale proceeds at closing, and you never write that check yourself.
Mike Jackson will call or text you shortly, usually within the hour during the day. If it's urgent, call (972) 954-6120 now.
Taxes are due January 31. On February 1 they're delinquent, and penalty and interest start stacking: 7% in February, climbing month by month to 18% by July, when the county can add collection attorney fees of up to 20% on top. A $6,000 tax bill can be a $9,000 problem within a year.
Dallas County uses a law firm to collect. They file suit, get a judgment, and the property is sold at a sheriff's sale on the courthouse steps. If the house is your homestead you have two years to redeem it after the sale, but you pay a 25% premium the first year and 50% the second. Non-homestead property gets only 180 days.
If you're 65 or older or disabled and the house is your homestead, Texas lets you file a tax deferral affidavit that stops collection entirely while you live there — interest still accrues at a low rate, but no suit, no sale. Many people who qualify have never been told.
Most taxing units will set up a payment plan on delinquent taxes, typically 12 to 36 months, which stops the lawsuit while you're current on the plan.
And if you'd rather be done with the house, selling it clears the taxes from the proceeds. The lien is paid at closing like any other lien.
We pull the exact delinquent amount from the county, make you a written cash offer on the house as it sits, and close through a title company that pays the taxing units directly. If a sale date has been set, we've closed in time to stop it before.
Dallas has more than half a million parcels and the widest spread of housing in the county — 1920s frame houses in South Dallas and Oak Cliff, 1950s and '60s brick ranches across Pleasant Grove, Casa View, and Lake Highlands, and newer infill everywhere builders can find a lot.
It's also the city with the most active code enforcement in the county, the most estate-titled houses, and the most tax suits. If your house is inside the Dallas city limits, the odds are good we've bought one on your street or the next one over.
Areas we buy in: Oak Cliff, Pleasant Grove, South Dallas, West Dallas, Lake Highlands, East Dallas, Red Bird, Casa View, Buckner Terrace.
ZIP codes: 75203, 75208, 75210, 75211, 75212, 75215, 75216, 75217, 75218, 75223, 75224, 75227, 75228, 75232, 75233, 75235, 75237, 75241, 75243.
Call, text, or use the form. Five minutes of questions — no sales pitch.
We look at the property once and put a real number in writing, usually within 48 hours. We show you how we got there.
A licensed Texas title company handles everything. Close in as little as 7 days, or later if you need time. Cash wired to you.
None of this is required to get started — it just makes the offer faster.
Yes. The suit gets dismissed when the taxes are paid at closing.
If it was your homestead and it's been less than two years, you may still have the right to redeem. Talk to an attorney quickly — the premium goes up after the first year.
They come out of the sale price at closing, along with any mortgage. What's left is wired to you.
That's rare in Dallas County with today's values, but if it happens we'll tell you straight and point you toward the deferral or payment plan options.
I'm Mike Jackson. I'm a real estate investor based in Dallas, TX, and I buy houses across Dallas County, Texas — including Dallas. I'm not an agent and I'm not a national call center. When you call the number on this page, you're calling me.
I started doing this because I kept watching families lose money on houses they didn't want, to a process that wasn't built for them. A cash sale isn't right for everyone, and I'll tell you if it isn't right for you. When it is, I'll make it the easiest part of a hard situation.
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(972) 954-6120