2505 Se Massachusetts Ave, Topeka, KS 66605

Topeka, Kansas, 66605

Tax DeedpendingSells Sep 23, 2026 · 10 days ago

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Opening bid

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Assessed value

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Market / AVM

$130,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 1330803007011000
Case number: —
Land use: Single Family
Building: —
Acreage: 0.172
Lot size: 7,500 sqft
Year built: —
Owner of record: Judy Kohler

Legal description

VACANT LOT

Property facts enriched via rentcast · 9/21/2026

Aerial view of 2505 Se Massachusetts Ave, Topeka, KS 66605 — the parcel

Aerial view of 2505 Se Massachusetts Ave, Topeka, KS 66605 — what is around it

Site & surroundings

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

Green Point C & D Processing Center1.1 mi from parcel centre
Odour travels much further than noise and is seasonal.
Correctional or waste facility1.3 mi from parcel centre
Persistent effect on the buyer pool regardless of any measurable nuisance.
BNSF Topeka Subdivision (3 nearby)0.4 mi from parcel centre
Active freight track on a mainline. Noise, vibration and horn use at crossings — check where the nearest crossing is before assuming quiet.

Context

FEMA flood zone X
Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.
Elevation 985 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.

Assessor, Appraiser ↗search: 1330803007011000
Delinquent Taxes and Tax Sales ↗search: 1330803007011000
Register of Deeds ↗search: 1330803007011000
GIS Maps ↗search: 1330803007011000
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Shawnee County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption: None once judicial foreclosure completes (roughly 3+ years of delinquency)
Return if redeemed: N/A — outright deed transfer
Statute: Kansas Statutes Ch. 79, Art. 23

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Historical comps

No historical bucket for KS|Tax Deed

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Index 2026-08-01 · 87,879 total recorded outcomes

Liens that survive

Proper judicial tax foreclosure can cut off junior private liens, but federal tax liens and process defects may survive. Always review the foreclosure judgment and title search for each parcel.

Quiet title

Title insurance often still requires quiet title or extended review after tax foreclosure deed depending on insurer and judgment quality.

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

$74,220

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $39,000 (30% of ARV).

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

History-guided suggestion

$66,798

Under max by $7,422

≤ 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 KS|Tax 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 $130,000. 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: $130,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$10,400
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 KS range ($1,800–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,400
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical KS recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (14 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$195/month.: −$2,730
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): −$39,000
Maximum bid: $74,220

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. TWELVE MONTHS OF TITLE RISK AFTER THE SALE, AND IT PAYS NOTHING. K.S.A. 79-2804b allows an action to open, vacate, modify or set aside the judgment or order of sale within twelve months of confirmation. It is a defect window, not a redemption — the purchaser earns no penalty for waiting it out, so unlike a redeemable-deed state the wait is pure carry.
Kansas assesses by subclass and this entry assumes residential at 11.5%. Vacant lots at 12% are close enough not to matter. Commercial and industrial at 25% and the 'all other' residual at 30% are not: dividing by 0.115 overstates those by roughly 2.2x and 2.6x — the dangerous direction, and 'all other' is a residual that catches more than its name suggests. Agricultural land is assessed at 30% of agricultural income value rather than of market value at all, so a derived ARV there is meaningless. Check the subclass on the appraiser's record before bidding on anything that is not plainly a house or a vacant lot.

AI risk brief

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Site & surroundings

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

Green Point C & D Processing Center1.1 mi from parcel centre

Odour travels much further than noise and is seasonal.

Correctional or waste facility1.3 mi from parcel centre

Persistent effect on the buyer pool regardless of any measurable nuisance.

BNSF Topeka Subdivision (3 nearby)0.4 mi from parcel centre

Active freight track on a mainline. Noise, vibration and horn use at crossings — check where the nearest crossing is before assuming quiet.

Context

FEMA flood zone X

Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.

Elevation 985 ft

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

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$74,220

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $39,000 (30% of ARV).

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

History-guided suggestion

$66,798

Under max by $7,422

≤ 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 KS|Tax 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 $130,000. 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: $130,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$10,400
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 KS range ($1,800–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,400
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical KS recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (14 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$195/month.: −$2,730
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): −$39,000
Maximum bid: $74,220

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. TWELVE MONTHS OF TITLE RISK AFTER THE SALE, AND IT PAYS NOTHING. K.S.A. 79-2804b allows an action to open, vacate, modify or set aside the judgment or order of sale within twelve months of confirmation. It is a defect window, not a redemption — the purchaser earns no penalty for waiting it out, so unlike a redeemable-deed state the wait is pure carry.
Kansas assesses by subclass and this entry assumes residential at 11.5%. Vacant lots at 12% are close enough not to matter. Commercial and industrial at 25% and the 'all other' residual at 30% are not: dividing by 0.115 overstates those by roughly 2.2x and 2.6x — the dangerous direction, and 'all other' is a residual that catches more than its name suggests. Agricultural land is assessed at 30% of agricultural income value rather than of market value at all, so a derived ARV there is meaningless. Check the subclass on the appraiser's record before bidding on anything that is not plainly a house or a vacant lot.