Facing a sale date or back taxes in Georgia? See what your house is worth and every way to keep it.
This free page shows what your Georgia house is worth next to what you owe on it. It also lays out every way to keep it or sell it before a tax sale or a foreclosure date. Type the address, and we check what the county has on the house and what nearby houses sold for. If you want to talk it through, the call is free.
What is going on with the house?
Example: a DeKalb County house with a tax sale date
The numbers are rounded, and each one says where it came from. Yours will use your own house.
What your house is worth, fixed up
$300,000
What similar houses nearby sold for, the middle of the range.
What you owe
The county's own tax-sale listing for this house.
What the tax sale can take from you
Georgia law: 12 months to buy it back, at 20% on top.
Georgia law: 12 months to buy it back, at 20% on top.
How we got the sell numbers
Our repair planning bands for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft house.
The 8% agents and closing usually cost.
Your options, keep or sell
Keep the house
Pay the taxes and keep it
Before the sale date
About what you walk away withYou keep the house
It works if you can pay what the county shows, with interest.
Buy it back after the sale
Within 365 days
About what you walk away withYou keep the house
It works if you can pay the bidder's price plus 20%.
Sell the house
Sell before the sale date
Days, with a buyer who closes fast
About what you walk away with$254,000
It works if a buyer closes before the date.
List it with an agent
If there is time before the date
About what you walk away with$270,000
It works if the taxes are paid or the sale is far enough out.
The sell numbers are what is left after the taxes are paid. They are not an offer. On a call we narrow each one down for your house.
What do people ask before they look up their house?
What do I get?
One page with your numbers. On top, what the house is worth next to what you owe. Below that, your options side by side, the ways to keep it and the ways to sell it.
Does it cost anything?
No. The page is free and the call is free.
Is this an offer to buy my house?
No. If selling to us is the option you pick, we give you that number on a call, after we go through every other option.
Why do you ask for my cell number?
We text you a six digit code so only you can open your numbers, and we text you the link to them. We never share your number.
How sure are the numbers?
Each number says where it came from. When not enough houses near you have sold lately, we show a range and say so. On a call we narrow it down for your house.