Anyone who has gone into property tax debt will tell you that it is a nightmare. The authorities do not mess around when it comes to this type of debt. They begin charging interest on the amount owed almost immediately and quickly issue fines which, if unpaid, are added to the amount owed. Interest is then charged on that amount, too. Within no time at all, the debt doubles and triples and fairly soon you end up with a notice that your property is to be sold to pay the outstanding property debt.
It is possible to reconfigure the debt, but that requires negotiating with the authorities, which can be difficult. Even when a repayment plan is agreed upon, interest still has to be paid. Clearing the debt can take a long time, and your property is still at risk of being taken and sold to pay off the outstanding tax.
Borrow from a specialist lender
Increasingly, people are choosing to borrow money from specialist property tax lenders. They charge interest, but usually the terms and conditions are better than those on offer from the authorities. It is usually also possible to spread repayments out over a longer period, making them more manageable. Because the outstanding property tax is paid off straight away, the immediate risk of losing the property is removed.
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