053-00-00-00-0038-B

Virginia

Tax DeedpendingSells Oct 13, 2026 · in 31 days

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

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Assessed value

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Market / AVM

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Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 053-00-00-00-0038-B
Case number: —
Land use: —
Building: —
Acreage: —
Lot size: —
Year built: —
Owner of record: Horace Davis, Sr., Estate

County records

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

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Portsmouth County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption: Right to redeem up until the court confirms the sale, not after
Return if redeemed: N/A — outright deed transfer once confirmed
Statute: Code of Virginia Title 58.1, Ch. 39

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Historical comps

No historical bucket for VA|Tax 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

Judicial confirmation generally cuts off junior private liens; federal tax liens can survive. Floodplain, demo liens, and occupancy create practical risk beyond paper title.

Quiet title

Frequently needed for insurable title on older Portsmouth tax-sale chains.

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.

City of Portsmouth Treasurer ↗

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

Needs ARV

This sale list only published a parcel number and opening bid — not an assessed value. Enter an after-repair (comps) estimate below, open the county appraiser (sidebar), or run Fetch property details if you have an API key.

Enter an after-repair value below and the ceiling will compute.

Confidence: low

History-guided suggestion

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Add assessed value or ARV so the oracle can price a ceiling.

History sample

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Median sold

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p(redeem) prior

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No historical bucket for VA|Tax Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.
Oracle needs ARV/assessed data before a bid can be suggested.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

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.

Before you bid

The county published no assessed value for this parcel, no property provider returned a market estimate, and no comparable-sales figure has been entered. Enter a comparable-sales estimate below and every figure on this page recalculates — the engine needs one number, not a full appraisal.

AI risk brief

Reads this parcel against PortsmouthCounty'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.