5510 AVENUE S

GALVESTON, Texas, 77551-5540

Redeemable DeedcancelledSells Sep 1, 2026 · 11 days ago

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Opening bid

$4,270

Assessed value

$193,710

Market / AVM

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Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 296501620016000
Case number: 24-TX-0102
Land use: SALE
Building: —
Acreage: —
Lot size: —
Year built: —
Owner of record: —

Aerial view of 5510 AVENUE S — 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 5510 AVENUE S — 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 flood zone AE — special flood hazard area
1% annual chance flood (100-year), with a published base flood elevation. Insurance mandatory with a federally backed loan. Flood insurance will be required for a federally backed mortgage, which is a permanent cost on any resale and can exceed the payment on a low-value parcel. Base flood elevation 11 ft — compare it to the parcel's own elevation.

Context

11% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 7254
218 of 1,994 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 135 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 18%.
Tract median home value $246,900
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 $59,243
Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.
Elevation 7 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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Galveston 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

As-is tax deed subject to statutory redemption (homestead/ag ~2 years; other ~180 days from deed recording). Federal tax liens survive. HOA and unjoined liens may remain. Post-judgment tax years often due beyond judgment amount. Execution sales follow different lien rules than tax sales.

Quiet title

Title companies typically 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.

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Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$114,266

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $58,113 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $4,270

Room to bid $109,996

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

History-guided suggestion

$43,698

Under max by $70,568

≤ 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

Assessed $193,710 ÷ 1 assessment ratio. Texas requires appraisal at 100% of market value as of Jan 1 (Tex. Tax Code § 23.01).

After-repair value: $193,710
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$15,497
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 ~$291/month.: −$2,034
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): −$58,113
Maximum bid: $114,266

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$28,567

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.

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Site & surroundings

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

FEMA flood zone AE — special flood hazard area

1% annual chance flood (100-year), with a published base flood elevation. Insurance mandatory with a federally backed loan. Flood insurance will be required for a federally backed mortgage, which is a permanent cost on any resale and can exceed the payment on a low-value parcel. Base flood elevation 11 ft — compare it to the parcel's own elevation.

Context

11% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 7254

218 of 1,994 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 135 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 18%.

Tract median home value $246,900

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 $59,243

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

Elevation 7 ft

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

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$114,266

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $58,113 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $4,270

Room to bid $109,996

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

History-guided suggestion

$43,698

Under max by $70,568

≤ 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

Assessed $193,710 ÷ 1 assessment ratio. Texas requires appraisal at 100% of market value as of Jan 1 (Tex. Tax Code § 23.01).

After-repair value: $193,710
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$15,497
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 ~$291/month.: −$2,034
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): −$58,113
Maximum bid: $114,266

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$28,567

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.