For land investors Find tax sale land worth bidding on.
Tax deeds, liens and over-the-counter listings, all on one free map. Catch flood zones, wetlands, landlocked lots and liens that survive the sale before you bid, not after you buy.
Free to browse, no account needed. Your first report is on us.
Everything in one place
Click any parcel for its estimated value, opening bid and a max bid, with flood zones, wetlands and streams drawn on the map around it.
Updated from county tax sale and over-the-counter rosters.
Screened before you click.
Filter out flood zones, wetlands, steep slopes and landlocked lots before you open a single parcel.
See the gap before you bid.
Assessed value history sits next to the opening bid, so you can see how far below value a parcel is selling.
Real parcels. Real prices. Right now.
Stop browsing a website made in 2001 and start investing now.
From map to bid in three steps.
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Browse the map.
Every listing shows its price, acreage and sale date. No account needed.
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Screen and research.
Filter out flood zones, wetlands, steep and landlocked land, then run a report on the parcels you like.
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Bid with the county.
Every listing links to the county's sale page or auction platform, where you register and bid.
What we find before you bid
One real parcel in Spokane County, checked the way a Full report checks it: the owner, the hazards, the numbers, what you can build and what the land looks like from the air.
One parcel, taken apart
Everything a Parsell report finds on it, one step at a time.
Quick look
First one freeA one-page screen that answers whether a parcel is worth a closer look.
The county record, the hazard screen, the Parsell Estimate and a max bid.
Due diligence
For a parcel you're planning to bid on: can you build, what is it worth, and what comes with the title.
Zoning and septic feasibility, utilities, comparable sales, recorder documents, and which liens survive the sale.
Full report
Everything Parsell can find on a parcel, including a site analysis from the air.
Up to 10 comparable sales, the full chain of title, a site analysis from aerial imagery, and highest and best use (beta).
Questions, answered.
When a property owner doesn't pay property taxes for several years, the county eventually forecloses and sells the property at public auction to recover the unpaid taxes. The winning bidder receives a tax deed — a deed from the county — rather than from the prior owner.
In Washington, this is called a Treasurer's Tax Foreclosure Sale. Each county holds one annually or periodically. The starting price is typically the amount of back taxes owed, which can be a fraction of the property's market value.
A tax deed sale sells the property itself — you become the new owner. A tax lien sale sells the right to collect the unpaid taxes, with interest. Most states sell deeds. About 20 sell liens, including Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland and New Jersey, and Parsell marks those auctions as "Lien auction" on the map.
Yes. Anyone can open the map without an account and see every tax deed auction, tax lien auction, OTC land and OTC lien listing Parsell tracks, with the price, acreage and sale date on each pin, property lines, and the flood, wetlands, public land and topo overlays. A free account, no credit card, adds:
- The parcel summary on every parcel, listed or not, with no monthly limit
- Ownership, zoning and the map overlays (flood, wetlands, streams, slope, soils, utilities, wildfire, EPA sites and more) on road, USDA aerial and USGS topo base maps
- Every filter: sale type, price, acreage, buildable land, road access, flood, wetlands, slope, zoning, price against the Parsell Estimate and auction date
- The county auction calendar, and tracking for 3 properties
- 1 Quick look report on a parcel of your choice (phone verification is required first)
- Financing requests to our third-party lender
Each county runs its auction differently. Some are in-person at the courthouse; others are online through platforms like Bid4Assets, RealAuction or GovEase. Every listing on Parsell links to the county's sale page or the auction platform, where you register and bid. On paid plans, the assistant can also explain how a county's sale works: deposits, payment terms and how bidding runs.
No. Parsell is a research tool. Our automated title analysis — chain of ownership, lien detection, estate and heir flagging — is designed to help you understand title risk before you bid. It is not title insurance, not an attorney's opinion, and not a substitute for a professional title search on a property you've already won. See our Terms of Service for the full disclosure.
Pierce County auctions November 9.
Spokane follows on Dec 7, Thurston on Jan 11. The rosters are already on the map. Open it and see which parcels survive the screen.
Free to browse. Your first report is on us.