Georgia Property Co.

HomeYears of back taxes

Behind on property taxes in Georgia? Now is the cheap time to fix it.

Right now the house is not on any sale list. That is good news. It also will not last. Every month the county adds interest. Every few months it adds a penalty. After a while it records a lien, and one day it sets a sale date. The roads you have today are the same roads you will have then. They just cost less today.

How the clock works

  1. Day one

    The day after the due date, interest starts. It adds up every month.

  2. Every 120 days

    The county adds a penalty. It stops at 20 percent, but the interest keeps going.

  3. The lien

    The county records a lien on the house. It shows up when anyone pulls the county records. That is why the letters started coming.

  4. The sale

    After a year or two of unpaid taxes, the county can set a sale date. Some counties do it fast. Some wait years. We can tell you how yours acts.

Your roads

Side by side, with what each one takes. Selling to us is on the list. It is not at the top.

  • Pay it and keep it.

    Call the tax commissioner and ask for the payoff. Ask about a payment plan. Many counties will take one before a sale date is set. If you can do this, do it.

  • Sell before a date gets set.

    Once a sale date is set, every buyer knows it. Before that, you sell on your own terms. The back taxes come out at closing.

  • We help pay, and you stay.

    Money to bring the taxes current, and a plan for the house after. You stay while it gets worked out.

  • Wait.

    This is a road too, and we will tell you what it costs. Interest, then penalties, then a lien, then a sale date. Waiting is the only road that gets more expensive every month.

  • Open the estate first.

    If the deed is in the name of a parent who has passed, the county keeps billing them. To pay, sell, or borrow, someone usually has to open the estate. We help families with that cost.

What we do

We work with Georgia families who are behind on property taxes. Tell us the address. We pull what the county shows: the years owed, the interest, whether a lien is recorded, and whether your county sets sale dates fast or slow. Then we go through your roads. If the answer is a payment plan with the county, we say so and help you ask for it.

Ask about my options

Questions families ask

How far behind is too far?

The county can sell a house over a single year of taxes, but most wait longer. We can tell you how your county behaves. Do not wait to find out.

Will a payment plan stop a sale?

Before a date is set, often yes, if you keep up with it. Once a date is set, the plan usually has to be paid in full. Ask early.

Can I lose the house over a small tax bill?

Yes. The amount does not have to be big. What matters is how many years are unpaid and how your county acts.

What if I inherited the house?

The county keeps billing the person who passed. The taxes still count against the house. See the page on a house still in a parent's name.

Do you buy the house?

If that is the road you pick, yes. It comes last on the call, after every other road.

Tell us the address. We will pull the years owed and how your county acts.

Free to call. Nothing has to happen with the house for us to talk.

Prefer to talk? Call 678-379-6820