Facing Property Tax Problems or Foreclosure?
Understand Your Options Before Important Deadlines Pass.
250+ households successfully saved through our programs
You May Have More Options Than You Realize
A Delinquent Tax Bill Can Become a Much Bigger Problem
Property tax problems can be confusing.
You may have received a delinquency notice.
You may have heard that your property is going to a tax sale.
An investor may have purchased a tax lien or tax certificate.
You may be approaching a redemption deadline.
Or you may simply know that you owe taxes and aren't sure what happens next.
Whatever stage you're in, the most important thing is to understand your situation before deadlines remove options.
Real Prop Help works with homeowners to help identify available paths forward and make a complicated situation easier to understand.
Tax Care
Homeowner Advocacy for Property Tax Delinquency and Tax-Sale Situations
Our job is to help you understand where you are in the process, identify important deadlines and questions, and explore the options that may be available.
Depending on your situation, that may include exploring:
• Paying or resolving delinquent property taxes
• County payment arrangements when available
• Redemption rights Tax liens or tax certificates
• Upcoming tax-sale or tax-deed deadlines
• Financing or other funding possibilities
• Selling the property when that is the homeowner's preferred solution
• Protecting available equity
• Understanding what may happen if no action is taken
• We don't believe every homeowner needs the same solution.
We believe every homeowner deserves to understand their choices.
Behind on Your Mortgage Instead?
Real Prop Help began by helping homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure.
That work remains part of who we are.
We have worked with hundreds of homeowners dealing with missed mortgage payments, foreclosure notices, reinstatement challenges, lenders, attorneys, and difficult deadlines.
If your problem is mortgage-related rather than property-tax-related, visit our Mortgage Foreclosure Help page.
Already Lost the Property?
There May Still Be Money Owed to You.
If your property has already been sold at a tax sale, tax deed sale, or foreclosure auction, the story may not necessarily end there.
Sometimes a property sells for more than the amount required to satisfy certain debts, costs, and legally entitled claims.
That remaining money is commonly called surplus funds, excess proceeds, excess funds, or tax sale overages
Depending on the circumstances, a former property owner may be entitled to some or all of those remaining funds.
This Isn't Just a Business Story.
It started with a homeowner who lost his own home.
Our co-founder, Jeff, lost his home to foreclosure in 2008—on his birthday—even though he had substantial equity in the property.
He understood firsthand what it felt like to have a serious problem, valuable equity, and no clear person explaining what could be done.
Years later, that experience became part of the foundation of Real Prop Help.
The idea was simple:
Homeowners shouldn't lose a home simply because they didn't understand their options in time.
That philosophy still guides us today.
Whether the problem involves a mortgage foreclosure or delinquent property taxes, our first goal is to help the homeowner understand the situation.
Experience Built One Homeowner at a Time
Since 2023, Real Prop Help has helped more than 250 homeowners and families save their homes through our foreclosure programs, while providing information and guidance to many others.
What we've learned through those conversations matters.
Financial distress rarely arrives neatly.
People get sick.
People get sick.
Family situations change.
Mail gets ignored because opening another threatening envelope feels impossible.
Then suddenly a deadline that once seemed months away is very close.
Our job isn't to judge how someone got there.
Our job is to help figure out what can still be done.
Information First. Solutions Second.
We approach homeowner distress differently.
1. Understand What's Actually Happening
We start by figuring out where you are in the process and what deadlines may apply.
2. Explain It in Plain English
No alphabet soup. No unnecessary financial jargon. No scare tactics.
3. Identify Realistic Options
Different homeowners need different outcomes. We look at the situation rather than forcing it into one solution.
4. Help You Determine the Next Step
Once the options are clear, decisions become much easier.
We're Here to Help You Make an Informed Decision About Your Property.
Real Prop Help is a homeowner assistance and advocacy company.
We are not a county tax office, government agency, law firm, or tax-advisory firm.
When legal, tax, bankruptcy, or other professional advice is appropriate, we encourage homeowners to speak with the appropriate licensed professional.
What we can do is help you understand the situation, ask better questions, explore practical solutions, and avoid doing nothing simply because the process feels overwhelming.
Sometimes clarity is the first solution.
Don't Wait Until the Last Notice to Start Asking Questions.
If you're behind on property taxes, approaching a tax sale, dealing with a tax lien or tax deed, or facing mortgage foreclosure, talk with us.
We'll start with one simple question:
What's happening with your property?
From there, we'll help you understand the next step.
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