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05/03/2026

Jump in on the Free Lake County Tax Sale Auction Training

Michael Kvachkoff is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Lake County Tax Sale Training
Time: May 3, 2026 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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05/03/2026

LAKE COUNTY TAX SALE TRAINING - Sale Starts tomorrow

Hey all sorry this is so late in the game, my wife and I welcomed our 3rd child this week so it has thrown my schedule off a bit :)

I will be doing a walk through of the bidding website for tomorrow's sale from 6-7 pm cst. We will discuss the bidding process, proxy bidding, general tax sale questions, and pretty much anything else you want to know before the auction starts tomorrow.

Message me if you want a zoom invite

05/03/2026

TAX SALE ANNOUNCEMENT

Good Morning All! So there has been a post floating around by Andy Young that has a lot of misinformation in it that I want to clear up.

There are two cases that he "analyzes" that I want to make clear on what they mean.

Tyler v. Hennepin - This is a US Supreme Court ruling that found that it was unconstitutional for the county holding a tax sale to retain the surplus funds following a sale. For instance if you bid $100,000 on a property and the taxes were only $5,000, the extra $95,000 went to the county, not the original owner. This is unconstitutional. It is also not how Indiana Operates so there is no fear of this case impacting Indiana in this regards.

Kidd v. Pappas (incorrectly cited as Bell v. Pappas) - This is a federal decision that ruled that Illinois's tax sale system, specifically Cook County, was unconstitutional. In Illinois, while the surplus does not go directly to the state, the state gets to hold a hearing to see what percentage the former owner gets from the surplus amount. They base this decision on many factors but most importantly, level of culpability of owner. In theory they could forfeit the entire surplus if they wanted to; again, this is unconstitutional, you cannot have a policy that does anything besides gives the entirety of the surplus to the former owner. To make it worse, the average payout time for the surplus requests that are approved is roughly 6 years.

Mr. Young comments that some county's are requiring bidders to agree that they may be responsible to reimburse the former owners for the difference in their bid and the FMV of the property. This is true, however this is Illinois's attempt to keep the surplus and pass the burden to the bidders. There is no formal requirement to do this, it is simply Illinois being greedy.

Indiana statutes are clear - 100% of the tax sale surplus goes back to the former owner (less 1 year of property taxes that accrue during the redemption period where the owner is still on title).

Hopefully this clears things up but if you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to reach out.

04/18/2026

Check out Our Zoom Call for the Upcoming Tax Sale

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04/18/2026

LAKE COUNTY TAX SALE BUYERS PLEASE READ

We will be hosting a zoom call Saturday April 18th at 2:00 PM CST to demonstrate an all inclusive tax sale due diligence product.

If you want to check it out ahead of time go to:

www.InvestGaryIndiana.com

He is offering a discount for services for anyone that sees this post and signs up by May 7, 2026. Promo Code is MKLAW20

04/15/2026

Lake County Tax Sale Bidding Tutorial - April 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM CST.

Link to access is found at

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04/13/2026

LAKE COUNTY TAX SALE BUYERS PLEASE READ THIS

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Armond Boulware, founder of Invest Gary Indiana. He has created an all encompassing tool for performing due diligence for tax sale research and I want to share a resource with my clients and contacts who are considering the upcoming Lake County Commissioner’s Tax Sale.

The platform he has built is the most prepared investor resource I have seen in this market. If you are bidding in May, I strongly encourage you to use it before the sale opens.

We will be hosting a zoom call Saturday April 18th at 2:00 PM CST to demonstrate the product.

Disclaimer: While the zoom call is free, this product is not - I earn nothing from recommending this but that is how confident I feel this product can help tax sale buyers in Lake County.

If you want to check it out ahead of time go to:

www.InvestGaryIndiana.com

He is offering a discount for services for anyone that sees this post and signs up by May 7, 2026. Promo Code is MKLAW20

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02/20/2026

LAKE COUNTY TAX SALE

Registration ends today at 2:30 PM CST

02/04/2026

Lake County Tax Sale Registration is Open! Registration ends 2/20/26 at 4:30 PM CST - Don't wait - Register Now

01/28/2026

It's that Time! 2026 Lake County Commissioner's Sale is right around the Corner:

Registration is February 4, 2026 - February 20, 2026 through www.zeusauction.com.

Sale dates are May 4, 2026 - May 8, 2026 but could end early depending on speed of auction.

Message us for free consultations and check out our free seminars!

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