16 Melody Ln

Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, 29920

Redeemable DeedpendingSells Oct 5, 2026 · in 4 days

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Opening bid

$789

Assessed value

$1,170

Market / AVM

$161,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: R300 016 000 096B 0000
Case number: —
Land use: Residential
Building: —
Acreage: 1.01
Lot size: 43,859 sqft
Year built: —
Owner of record: Richmond Heyward

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Property detail

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Summary(17)

Id	142,780,380
Cash buyer	Yes
Flood zone	Yes
Free clear	Yes
Inherited	Yes
High equity	Yes
Last sale date	2003-07-11
Property type	LAND
Absentee owner	Yes
Equity percent	100

County records

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

Beaufort County assessor ↗search: R300 016 000 096B 0000
Delinquent Taxes and Tax Sales ↗search: R300 016 000 096B 0000
Tax Sale ↗search: R300 016 000 096B 0000
Recorded Documents ↗search: R300 016 000 096B 0000
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Beaufort County rules

Sale type: Tax Lien
Redemption: 1 year from sale (12 months)
Return if redeemed: 3–12% per annum depending on when redeemed, tiered quarterly
Statute: South Carolina Code Title 12, Ch. 51

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Historical comps

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Liens that survive

SC tax sale conveys subject to one-year redemption. Federal tax liens and some senior governmental interests can survive. Mortgages/judgments may be cut off if properly noticed under Title 12 Chapter 51 — always verify notice and run title. HOA/assessment liens and post-sale taxes require independent review.

Quiet title

After redemption expires and tax deed issues, quiet title is commonly required for marketable/insurable title, especially before resale or financing.

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

$90,374

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $48,300 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $789

Room to bid $89,585

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

History-guided suggestion

$33,008

Under max by $57,366

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Median sold

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Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

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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 $161,000. 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: $161,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$12,880
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 SC range ($1,800–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,400
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical SC recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (24 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$242/month.: −$5,796
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): −$48,300
Maximum bid: $90,374

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

You'd receive

$2,711

Window

365 days

A 3% flat penalty applies if the owner redeems. It is a penalty, not annual interest — the rate does not change with how early they redeem.

Quoted elsewhere as 12% 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 PENALTY IS CAPPED AT THE OPENING BID. § 12-51-90 provides that interest due on redemption may not exceed the forfeited land commission's bid under § 12-51-55 — roughly taxes plus costs. The tiers above are therefore a ceiling reached only by a bid at or near the minimum; a purchase at several times the minimum collects the same capped sum, so the effective yield falls as the premium rises.
South Carolina's ratio depends on the property's CLASS, and this entry uses the 6% residual. A parcel actually carrying the 4% legal-residence ratio will have its ARV understated by a third here, which is the safe direction. A manufacturing or utility parcel assessed at 10.5% is the dangerous one: dividing by 0.06 overstates its value by roughly 1.75x. Confirm the class on the assessor's record before bidding on anything that is not ordinary residential or commercial land.

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142,780,380

Cash buyer

Yes

Flood zone

Yes

Free clear

Yes

Inherited

Yes

High equity

Yes

Last sale date

2003-07-11

Property type

LAND

Absentee owner

Yes

Equity percent

100