115 Connolly Rd

Vidor, Texas, 77662

Redeemable DeedcancelledSells Sep 1, 2026 · 11 days ago

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Opening bid

$36,273

Assessed value

$228,126

Land $11,250Improvement $216,876

Market / AVM

$249,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 000498-002001
Case number: A190124-T
Land use: Residential
Building: 2,040 sqft
Acreage: 2
Lot size: 87,120 sqft
Year built: 2003
Owner of record: Gerald Cerda

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 8/25/2026

Aerial view of 115 Connolly Rd — 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 115 Connolly Rd — 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.

FEMA zone X — 0.2% annual chance (500-year) band
Outside the mandatory-insurance floodplain but inside the 0.2% annual chance band. Insurance is not required and is cheap here; lenders and buyers still ask.

Context

Walnut Run961 ft from parcel centre
Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.
13% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 216
200 of 1,538 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.
Tract median home value $151,900
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 $68,793
Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.

County records

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

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Orange 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

Redeemable sheriff tax deed: statutory redemption (180 days / 2 years homestead-ag-mineral). HOA/POA liens can survive if not properly joined; federal tax liens survive (IRS rights). Post-judgment taxes and municipal assessments may remain. Full title and municipal lien search mandatory.

Quiet title

Common after redemption expires for marketable/insurable title; sheriff tax deeds are no-warranty instruments.

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

$147,966

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $74,700 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $36,273

Room to bid $111,692

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

History-guided suggestion

$75,032

Under max by $72,934

≤ 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 $249,000. 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: $249,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$19,920
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 ~$374/month.: −$2,615
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): −$74,700
Maximum bid: $147,966

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$36,991

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

Reads this parcel against OrangeCounty'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.

Site & surroundings

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

FEMA zone X — 0.2% annual chance (500-year) band

Outside the mandatory-insurance floodplain but inside the 0.2% annual chance band. Insurance is not required and is cheap here; lenders and buyers still ask.

Context

Walnut Run961 ft from parcel centre

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

13% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 216

200 of 1,538 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.

Tract median home value $151,900

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 $68,793

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

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$147,966

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $74,700 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $36,273

Room to bid $111,692

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

History-guided suggestion

$75,032

Under max by $72,934

≤ 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 $249,000. 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: $249,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$19,920
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 ~$374/month.: −$2,615
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): −$74,700
Maximum bid: $147,966

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$36,991

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.