508 S FOURTH ST ONTONAGON TOWNSHIP

ONTONAGON, Michigan, 49953

Tax DeedpendingSells Aug 18, 2026 · 25 days ago

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Opening bid

$680

Assessed value

$39,450

Market / AVM

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Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 41 166 008 00
Case number: —
Land use: Vacant
Building: —
Acreage: —
Lot size: —
Year built: —
Owner of record: —

Legal description

LOT 8 BLK 1 OF ROEHM'S SUB TO VILLAGE OF ONTONAGON

Property facts enriched via mi-taxsaleinfo-sev · 8/1/2026

Aerial view of 508 S FOURTH ST ONTONAGON TOWNSHIP — the parcel — Aerial imagery from the USGS National Map. Flown on a multi-year cycle — it shows the site as photographed, which may predate clearing, construction or demolition. Not evidence of current condition.

Aerial view of 508 S FOURTH ST ONTONAGON TOWNSHIP — what is around it — Aerial imagery from the USGS National Map. Flown on a multi-year cycle — it shows the site as photographed, which may predate clearing, construction or demolition. Not evidence of current condition.

Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

Greenland Road (2 nearby)223 ft from parcel centre
Constant road noise from an arterial route. Frontage cuts residential appeal and can raise commercial appeal; which one depends on zoning.
Ontonagon Substation0.4 mi from parcel centre
Transformer hum, and a persistent resale objection whatever the engineering says.

Context

Watercourse (3 nearby)69 ft from parcel centre
Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.
Elevation 633 ft
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.
9% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 9702
161 of 1,752 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 365 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 30%.

County records

Official appraiser / assessor — free, always available. Copy the parcel number if the link opens a search page.

Michigan property search (BS&A / county) ↗search: 41 166 008 00
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Ontonagon County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption: Forfeiture/foreclosure process ends redemption rights before auction (roughly 2 years of delinquency)
Return if redeemed: N/A — outright deed transfer
Statute: Michigan Compiled Laws §211.78 et seq.

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Historical comps

17156 recorded outcomes in MI|Tax Deed (17156 with winning bid).

Sample size: 17,156
p(redeem) prior: 2%
Median sold: $3,900
Med bid/assessed: —

Bay County2025-10-31
Owned
$700
Calhoun County2025-10-31
Owned
$750
Berrien County2025-10-31
Owned
$800
Berrien County2025-10-31
Owned
$800
Bay County2025-10-31
Owned
$550
Bay County2025-10-31
Owned
$550

Verify before you bid

This record was compiled from the published sale list. Parcels are pulled, redeemed, and re-priced up to the moment of sale. Confirm the lot is still in the sale, and confirm the opening bid, directly with the county.

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$44,316

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $23,670 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $680

Room to bid $43,637

Confidence: medium — ARV derived from assessed value, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$14,943

Under max by $29,373

≤ oracle maxBid

Co-pilot target using recorded auction history. Never above your maximum bid.

History sample

17156

Median sold

$3,900

p(redeem) prior

History n=17156: median sold $3,900 is well below oracle $44,316 — target ~82% of ceiling.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

How that number is built

Assessed $39,450 ÷ 0.5 assessment ratio. Michigan state equalized value is 50% of true cash value by constitution (Mich. Const. art. IX, § 3); taxable value may be lower still. The SEV published with these auction listings is taken from the delinquent tax year that was foreclosed upon, so it is typically several years stale — in a rising market it understates current value, and in a falling one it overstates it.

After-repair value: $78,900
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$6,312
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical MI range ($2,000–$4,000, ~9 months).: −$3,000
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical MI recording and deed issuance cost.: −$300
Holding costs (11 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$118/month.: −$1,302
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$23,670
Maximum bid: $44,316

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. Michigan's foreclosure judgment cuts off prior liens and the owner's interest, so title is comparatively clean — quiet title is often unnecessary.

Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

Greenland Road (2 nearby)223 ft from parcel centre

Constant road noise from an arterial route. Frontage cuts residential appeal and can raise commercial appeal; which one depends on zoning.

Ontonagon Substation0.4 mi from parcel centre

Transformer hum, and a persistent resale objection whatever the engineering says.

Context

Watercourse (3 nearby)69 ft from parcel centre

Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.

Elevation 633 ft

Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.

9% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 9702

161 of 1,752 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 365 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 30%.

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$44,316

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $23,670 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $680

Room to bid $43,637

Confidence: medium — ARV derived from assessed value, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$14,943

Under max by $29,373

≤ oracle maxBid

Co-pilot target using recorded auction history. Never above your maximum bid.

History sample

17156

Median sold

$3,900

p(redeem) prior

History n=17156: median sold $3,900 is well below oracle $44,316 — target ~82% of ceiling.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

How that number is built

After-repair value: $78,900
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$6,312
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical MI range ($2,000–$4,000, ~9 months).: −$3,000
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical MI recording and deed issuance cost.: −$300
Holding costs (11 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$118/month.: −$1,302
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$23,670
Maximum bid: $44,316

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. Michigan's foreclosure judgment cuts off prior liens and the owner's interest, so title is comparatively clean — quiet title is often unnecessary.

Site & surroundings

Context

County records

Ontonagon County rules

Historical comps

Verify before you bid

Site & surroundings

Context

County records

Ontonagon County rules

Historical comps

Verify before you bid

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