There are many ways you can obtain a surplus list in Florida. The counties themselves offer lists but they are inconsistent, much later after the auction and/or do not provide you with relevant information you (as an Asset Recovery Specialist) need.
HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO OBTAIN SURPLUS LISTS
- County-Supplied Surplus Lists
- TaxAuctionSurplus.com (for Florida Counties)
- Tax Sale Results (for counties outside of Florida)
If you choose to go with lists that are supplied by Tax Sale Results or the county-supplied lists, then our Tools and Resources can still help you a great deal and free up your time.
We put our surplus lists on a table here on the website. You can sort, search and filter the records you want to work with. If you choose the Platinum Subscription Level, we also provide the lien research for you which saves you hours of work each day.
COUNTY-SUPPLIED LISTS
You could manually seek them out yourself. The best way is to perform the following searches on Google.
Fill in different county names for separate searches.
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- Tax Deed Surplus ________ County
- Tax Deed Overbids ________ County
- Tax Deed Overages ________ County
- Excess Proceeds ________ County
- Unclaimed Surplus ________ County
Now, when a surplus list is uploaded online by a county, typically months or even a year has passed since that auction date. You will find that those records were already picked over and claimed a loooong time ago. It is imperative that you obtain surplus records as soon after the auction is over as possible. We did create a video for each of the counties, talking about how to locate their surplus records that they supply. However, these were created years ago and the processes may have changed. We do not have plans on updating this set of videos.
TAX AUCTION SURPLUS (Our website)
You can subscribe to a Surplus List service that provides surplus lists fresh, each day, after the auctions happen.
TAX SALE RESULTS
You can buy surplus lists from another company who seeks them out and collects the same information the counties give. Typically, those lists do not contain owner information nor do they tell you anything about possible liens. If you buy those lists, there is much more work you need to do after that purchase. Although we think Tax Sale Results website is fantastic for counties outside of Florida, the lists they have for Florida Counties are still lacking a lot of items you need.