4137 Phlox St

Houston, Texas, 77051

Redeemable DeedpendingSells Sep 1, 2026 · 11 days ago

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Opening bid

$19,313

Assessed value

$96,590

Land $81,614Improvement $14,976

Market / AVM

$128,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 0771330080025
Case number: 201015416
Land use: Residential
Beds / baths: 2 bd · 1 ba
Building: 712 sqft
Acreage: 0.15
Lot size: 6,592 sqft
Year built: 1940
Owner of record: Degrate Jethro & Sallie Est

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 8/25/2026

Aerial view of 4137 Phlox St — 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 4137 Phlox St — 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.

28% owner-occupied
Predominantly renter-occupied tract — the resale pool leans investor, which caps price at what the rent supports.

Context

FEMA flood zone X
Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.
9% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 3312
196 of 2,136 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.
Tract median home value $133,300
Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.
Median household income $29,650
Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.
Elevation 44 ft
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.

County records

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

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Harris 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

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Liens that survive

HOA/POA liens can survive the tax sale in Texas if the association recorded its lien before the sale and the taxing authorities failed to join/notify it in the foreclosure suit — check deed records for recorded association liens before bidding.

Quiet title

Not legally mandatory, but title companies generally require a completed suit-to-quiet-title (with a court order) before insuring, since the redeeming former owner's rights and any un-joined lienholders create real title risk until cleared.

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.

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Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$74,216

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $38,400 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $19,313

Room to bid $54,903

Confidence: medium — ARV from a provider market estimate, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$38,306

Under max by $35,910

≤ 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

Provider market estimate of $128,000. This is an as-is valuation, not an after-repair one — enter your own comparable-sales figure if the property needs work.

After-repair value: $128,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$10,240
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 ~$192/month.: −$1,344
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): −$38,400
Maximum bid: $74,216

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$18,554

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.

AI risk brief

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Site & surroundings

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

28% owner-occupied

Predominantly renter-occupied tract — the resale pool leans investor, which caps price at what the rent supports.

Context

FEMA flood zone X

Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.

9% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 3312

196 of 2,136 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.

Tract median home value $133,300

Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.

Median household income $29,650

Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.

Elevation 44 ft

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

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$74,216

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $38,400 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $19,313

Room to bid $54,903

Confidence: medium — ARV from a provider market estimate, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$38,306

Under max by $35,910

≤ oracle maxBid

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

History sample

—

Median sold

—

p(redeem) prior

—

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

Provider market estimate of $128,000. This is an as-is valuation, not an after-repair one — enter your own comparable-sales figure if the property needs work.

After-repair value: $128,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$10,240
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 ~$192/month.: −$1,344
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): −$38,400
Maximum bid: $74,216

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$18,554

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.