3026 AVENUE Q

GALVESTON, Texas, 77550-7392

Redeemable DeedpendingSells Oct 6, 2026 · tomorrow

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Opening bid

$33,790

Assessed value

$487,490

Land $67,000Improvement $343,430

Market / AVM

$410,430

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 3510-0089-2014-002
Case number: 21-TX-0640
Land use: SALE
Beds / baths: 2 ba
Building: 1,584 sqft
Acreage: 0.07
Lot size: 3,161 sqft
Year built: 1957
Owner of record: Steven Lingard

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

Aerial view of 3026 AVENUE Q — the parcel

Aerial view of 3026 AVENUE Q — what is around it

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 10 ft — compare it to the parcel's own elevation.
23% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 7248
257 of 1,124 units sit empty outside seasonal use. High vacancy is an exit-risk signal rather than a price signal — the question is whether there is a buyer at any price, not what the price is.

Context

Elevation 10 ft
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.
50% owner-occupied
Owner-occupied majority, which usually means a retail resale is possible.
Tract median home value $319,100
Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.

Property detail

RealEstateAPI PropertyDetail · Every populated field, as returned · 188 values

Summary(18)

Id	36,629,549
Baths	2
Equity	$368,456
Flood zone	Yes
Inherited	Yes
High equity	Yes
Last sale date	2000-03-01
Property type	SFR
Absentee owner	Yes
Equity percent	99

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

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.

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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

$246,357

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $123,129 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $33,790

Room to bid $212,567

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

History-guided suggestion

$108,963

Under max by $137,394

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Co-pilot target using recorded auction history. Never above your maximum bid.

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Median sold

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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 $410,430. 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: $410,430
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$32,834
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 ~$616/month.: −$4,310
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): −$123,129
Maximum bid: $246,357

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$61,589

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 10 ft — compare it to the parcel's own elevation.

23% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 7248

257 of 1,124 units sit empty outside seasonal use. High vacancy is an exit-risk signal rather than a price signal — the question is whether there is a buyer at any price, not what the price is.

Context

Elevation 10 ft

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

50% owner-occupied

Owner-occupied majority, which usually means a retail resale is possible.

Tract median home value $319,100

Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.

36,629,549

Baths

Equity

$368,456

Flood zone

Yes

Inherited

Yes

High equity

Yes

Last sale date

2000-03-01

Property type

SFR

Absentee owner

Yes

Equity percent