81023

Texas

Redeemable DeedpendingSells Sep 1, 2026 · 11 days ago

Sale list only has parcel # and opening bid

The clerk published a thin list — not a PropStream-style property card. Max bid needs an after-repair value: enter comps below, open the county appraiser, or fetch details if a property API key is configured.

Opening bid

$11,500

Assessed value

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Market / AVM

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Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 81023
Case number: 25DCV357245
Land use: —
Building: —
Acreage: —
Lot size: —
Year built: —
Owner of record: —

Legal description

25DCV357245 Tax Appraisal District of Bell County v James Elmore 16.993 Acres, more or less out of a 19.993 Acre Tract, more or less, in the G. B. Patton Survey, Abstract 1169, Bell County, Texas (19.993 Acres in Volume 4853, Page 454 SAVE AND EXCEPT 3.00 Acres in Volume 5796, Page 210 , Deed Records, Bell County, Texas), 1297 Rocky Ln, Killeen, Texas 76542-5557;

County records

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

Bell CAD search ↗search: 81023
Assessor, Collector, Delinquent Taxes and Voter Registration ↗search: 81023
Property Tax Information and Tax Sales ↗search: 81023
Recorded Document Search ↗search: 81023
Google Maps (parcel / address search) ↗

Bell County rules

Sale type: Redeemable Deed
Redemption: 2 years for homestead/ag/mineral properties; 6 months for all other property
Return if redeemed: 25% penalty in year one, 50% in year two (homestead/ag); 25% flat for the 6-month category
Statute: Texas Tax Code Title 1, Subtitle E, Ch. 34

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Historical comps

No historical bucket for TX|Redeemable Deed

No recorded comps yet for this state/sale type. Run deedpilot-copilot import-history --deep and build-history-index.

Index 2026-08-01 · 87,879 total recorded outcomes

Liens that survive

Judgment extinguishes interests of named defendants; unjoined owners/lienholders can survive. Federal liens may retain rights. Post-judgment taxes often remain buyer’s responsibility. HOA/city demo-mow liens may survive. Deed is without warranty; title insurance difficult until redemption ends.

Quiet title

Title companies generally require quiet title after redemption expires before insuring free-and-clear marketable title.

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.

Tax Appraisal District of Bell County (collects taxes) / Bell County Tax Assessor-Collector ↗

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$13,999

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $8,867 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $11,500

Room to bid $2,499

Confidence: low — built on an assumed floor from the opening bid, not a valuation of this parcel.

History-guided suggestion

$11,940

Under max by $2,059

≤ oracle maxBid

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

History sample

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Median sold

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p(redeem) prior

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No historical bucket for TX|Redeemable Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.

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

Assumed floor, not a valuation of this parcel. No assessed value, provider estimate or comps were available, so this is the opening bid of $11,500 times 2.57 — the conservative quartile of the value-to-opening-bid ratio across 669 TX parcels where both figures are known (measured 2026-08-11). The middle half of those parcels ran 2.57x to 10.99x, so the true figure could plausibly be $126,385. Treat this as a starting magnitude for research, never as a reason to bid — enter real comps before you do.

Assumed floor (not an ARV): $29,555assumed
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$2,364
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 TX range ($1,800–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,400
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical TX recording and deed issuance cost.: −$400
Holding costs (7 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$75/month.: −$525
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): −$8,867
Maximum bid: $13,999

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$3,500

Window

730 days

A 25% flat penalty applies if the owner redeems. It is a penalty, not annual interest — the rate does not change with how early they redeem.

homestead and agricultural-use property (2 years); all other property is 180 days

Quoted elsewhere as 51% annualised — true only if they redeem on the last possible day and you immediately redeploy the capital. Treat the flat penalty as the real number.

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. The 180-day vs 2-year window turns on the property's use at the time of sale, which the sale list does not state — treat any homestead-looking residential parcel as potentially 2-year.
This ceiling rests on an assumed floor, not a valuation of this parcel. It is a research starting point, not a green light — get comps or an assessor figure before bidding.

AI risk brief

Reads this parcel against BellCounty's rules and flags what could go wrong — surviving liens, redemption exposure, title cost, and the facts we don't have. Takes about 35 seconds; the result is saved, so opening this lot again is instant.