In 2019, a homeowner in Moore, Oklahoma called us in response to a postcard we had sent about his property. He had real equity built up in the home, but he hadn’t paid property taxes in four years, and the house was scheduled to be sold at the county tax sale in a matter of days. If that sale went through, the equity he had spent years building would be gone — absorbed into back taxes, penalties, and fees, with little to no chance of seeing any of it come back to him.
He was ready to move on for more reasons than just the taxes. He wasn’t happy where he was, and he had a clear picture of what he wanted next: a place on a few acres, with room to breathe and, as he made a point of telling us, absolutely no HOA. To get there, he needed the equity in his Moore home turned into cash — and he needed it fast, before the county made that decision for him.
We agreed on a price quickly. From the moment he first picked up the phone to the moment we closed, seven days passed. That’s it. He walked away with enough money to buy his next property outright and start the life he actually wanted, on land he actually wanted to be on.
When the tax sale clock is ticking, every day matters. A week-long close can be the difference between walking away with your equity and losing it entirely.