{"id":41350,"date":"2026-04-20T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/?p=41350"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:05:44","slug":"9-liens-on-foreclosure-properties-you-must-check-for-before-bidding-at-county-foreclosure-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/9-liens-on-foreclosure-properties-you-must-check-for-before-bidding-at-county-foreclosure-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Liens on Foreclosure Properties You MUST Check for Before Bidding at County Foreclosure Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not all liens on foreclosure properties disappears when a property hits the auction block. In this video, PropertyOnion&#8217;s Tony Stern walks through the 9 most common liens found at county foreclosure auctions, ranked in order of legal priority. From ad valorem property taxes and CDD assessments that survive every auction to second mortgages and judgment liens that get wiped out, you&#8217;ll learn exactly which encumbrances follow the property and which ones follow the previous owner. Whether you&#8217;re a first-time bidder or a seasoned investor, understanding the lien hierarchy is the single most important research step before you place a bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_OCu5FgzLg8\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#eaf4fb; border-left:4px solid #1a9fd4; padding:28px 32px; margin:32px 0; border-radius:4px;\">\n  <p style=\"font-size:18px; font-weight:700; color:#1a1a1a; margin:0 0 10px;\">Know Every Lien Before You Confirm That Bid<\/p>\n  <p style=\"font-size:15px; color:#444; margin:0 0 22px; line-height:1.65;\">PropertyOnion researches the lien stack, checks priority order, and flags the traps before you spend a dollar. Stop guessing at the auction. Search foreclosure and tax deed listings with the platform built for Florida investors.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/property_search?reference_member_id=wppostsvideo&#038;ref2=wppostsvideo\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#1a9fd4; color:#ffffff; font-size:15px; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; padding:13px 26px; border-radius:4px;\" target=\"_blank\">Create Your Free Account<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all liens on foreclosure properties disappears when a property hits the auction block. In this video, PropertyOnion&#8217;s Tony Stern walks through the 9 most common liens found at county foreclosure auctions, ranked in order&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":41355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[1119,1118,1120,1122,1027,1059,123,1058,16,1034,1124,1045,1123,1038,1046,1117,1121,95,163],"class_list":["post-41350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investor-videos","tag-cdd-liens","tag-code-enforcement-lien","tag-encumbrances","tag-first-mortgage","tag-florida-foreclosure","tag-florida-real-estate-investing","tag-foreclosure-auction","tag-foreclosure-investing","tag-heloc","tag-hoa-lien","tag-irs-tax-lien","tag-judgment-lien","tag-lien-hierarchy","tag-lien-priority","tag-mechanic-lien","tag-property-taxes","tag-second-mortgage","tag-tax-deed-auction","tag-title-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41350"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41356,"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41350\/revisions\/41356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyonion.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}