Tax-sale investing works.
The workflow is what's broken.
Every month, over four thousand American properties are scheduled for tax sale. The lists are technically public. The problem is that they're scattered across 3,000+ county websites, each in its own format — PDFs, ancient web forms, spreadsheets locked inside zip files.
By the time you've clicked through the third county, you've already lost your Saturday. And even after all that clicking, ninety percent of what's on the list is junk — mobile homes on rented land, contested titles, parcels redeemed the day before the auction.
Lien Scout was built to solve one problem: get the shortlist in front of you before Saturday morning coffee. We pull directly from primary sources, enforce a top-5-city-per-state whitelist, score every listing on equity/condition/urgency, and email you the moment new matches hit.
The list is free. The shortlist is what smart people pay for.
We fetch directly from county websites, treasurer feeds, and official PDFs. No listing-aggregator middlemen.
Every property row links back to the source URL and shows when it was last refreshed. No black boxes.
$9.99/mo entry-level. 3-day free trial. Cancel anytime without chatting anyone.
Questions? Email me.
I read every message and reply personally. Or use the contact form.