3435 Auburn Way S Apt 40

Auburn, Washington, 98092

Tax DeedpendingSells Oct 10, 2026 · in 4 days

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Opening bid

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Assessed value

$244,000

Land $29,900Improvement $214,100

Market / AVM

$244,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 946550-0400
Case number: —
Land use: Condominum
Beds / baths: 2 bd · 1 ba
Building: 904 sqft
Acreage: —
Lot size: —
Year built: 1979
Owner of record: Donald I Kelts

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Property detail

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Summary(17)

Id	700,149,150,696
Beds	2
Baths	1
Mls sold	Yes
Flood zone	Yes
Last sale date	2026-07-23
Property type	CONDO
Equity percent	6
Flood zone type	X
Estimated value	$244,000

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King County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption: None once the county treasurer's deed issues (3-year delinquency threshold before that)
Return if redeemed: N/A — outright deed transfer
Statute: Revised Code of Washington Ch. 84.64

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Liens that survive

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Quiet title

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Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$145,434

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $73,200 (30% of ARV).

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

History-guided suggestion

$130,891

Under max by $14,543

≤ 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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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 $244,000. 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: $244,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$19,520
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 WA range ($1,800–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,400
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical WA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (6 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$366/month.: −$2,196
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): −$73,200
Maximum bid: $145,434

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. A WASHINGTON TAX DEED CAN BE UNWOUND FOR THREE YEARS AND THE RECORD WILL NOT WARN YOU. RCW 84.64.070: "If the real property of any minor, or any person adjudicated to be legally incompetent, be sold for nonpayment of taxes, the same may be redeemed at any time within three years after the date of sale." Nothing in a title search reveals that a former owner was a minor or had been adjudicated incompetent, so this is a latent claim on every Washington parcel for three years. It is the reason quietTitle is marked required in a state whose deed is otherwise clean.
This is the most trustworthy derived ARV in the file — full market value, revalued every year — but the parcel is only physically inspected once every six years, so an annual revaluation is a model applied to a property nobody has looked at recently. On a tax-foreclosure parcel, where deterioration is the norm and is exactly what a model of comparable sales will miss, the assessment is likely to describe a building in better condition than the one being sold. Farm, agricultural, timber and open space land also has its own valuation basis outside RCW 84.40.030 and will sit far below market.

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700,149,150,696

Beds

Baths

Mls sold

Yes

Flood zone

Yes

Last sale date

2026-07-23

Property type

CONDO

Equity percent

Flood zone type

Estimated value

$244,000

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$145,434

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $73,200 (30% of ARV).

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

History-guided suggestion

$130,891

Under max by $14,543

≤ 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 WA|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 $244,000. 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: $244,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$19,520
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 WA range ($1,800–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,400
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical WA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (6 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$366/month.: −$2,196
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): −$73,200
Maximum bid: $145,434

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. A WASHINGTON TAX DEED CAN BE UNWOUND FOR THREE YEARS AND THE RECORD WILL NOT WARN YOU. RCW 84.64.070: "If the real property of any minor, or any person adjudicated to be legally incompetent, be sold for nonpayment of taxes, the same may be redeemed at any time within three years after the date of sale." Nothing in a title search reveals that a former owner was a minor or had been adjudicated incompetent, so this is a latent claim on every Washington parcel for three years. It is the reason quietTitle is marked required in a state whose deed is otherwise clean.
This is the most trustworthy derived ARV in the file — full market value, revalued every year — but the parcel is only physically inspected once every six years, so an annual revaluation is a model applied to a property nobody has looked at recently. On a tax-foreclosure parcel, where deterioration is the norm and is exactly what a model of comparable sales will miss, the assessment is likely to describe a building in better condition than the one being sold. Farm, agricultural, timber and open space land also has its own valuation basis outside RCW 84.40.030 and will sit far below market.

Apn	946550-0400
Land use	Condominum
Census block	3001
Census tract	031102
Property use	Condominium Unit (Residential)
Property class	Condominium Unit
Apn unformatted	9465500400
Census block group	1
Legal description	WINCHESTER HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM PCT OF VALUE 1.5704 P-40

Year	2,025
Tax amount	$3,208
Property id	700,149,150,696
Market value	$244,000
Assessed value	$244,000
Assessment year	2,025
Market land value	$29,900
Assessed land value	$29,900
Tax delinquent year	2022
Market improvement value	$214,100
Assessed improvement value	$214,100

Seq no	1
Sale date	2026-07-23
Arms length	Yes
Buyer names	Donald I Kelts
Seller names	Cheri Christine Patch
Document type	Foreclosure
Recording date	2026-07-30
Document number	20260730000349
Purchase method	Cash Purchase
Owner individual	Yes
Transaction type	Foreclosure
Document type code	DTFC
Prior owner individual	Yes
Prior owner months owned	52

Owner1 type	Individual
Owner2 type	Other
Mail address · zip	98042
Mail address · city	Kent
Mail address · fips	53033
Mail address · unit	40
Mail address · zip4	4507
Mail address · house	30215
Mail address · label	30215 154th Ave Se, Kent, WA 98042
Mail address · state	WA
Mail address · county	King County
Mail address · street	154th
Mail address · address	30215 154th Ave Se
Mail address · unit type	Apt
Owner1 full name	Donald I Kelts
Owner1 last name	Kelts
Owner1 first name	Donald I
Ownership length	2

Seq no	Sale date	Arms length	Buyer names	Seller names	Document type	Recording date	Document number	Purchase method	Owner individual	Transaction type	Document type code	Ltv	Sale amount
1	2026-07-23	Yes	Donald I Kelts	Cheri Christine Patch	Foreclosure	2026-07-30	20260730000349	Cash Purchase	Yes	Foreclosure	DTFC
2	2022-03-08	Yes	Cheri Christine Patch	Darin Lee Meyer, Estate Of Connie M Greenwood	Warranty Deed	2022-03-09	20220309001376	Financed	Yes	Arms Length Residential Transactions (Purchase/Resales)	DTWD	100	$250,000
3	2017-01-06	Yes	Connie M Greenwood	Robert O Beatty, Alicia I Beatty	Warranty Deed	2017-01-19	20170119001522	Financed	Yes	Arms Length Residential Transactions (Purchase/Resales)	DTWD	102	$124,000

Fmr year	2023
Hud area code	METRO42660MM7600
Hud area name	Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area
Median income	$101,725
Fmr efficiency	$1,829
Fmr one bedroom	$1,881
Fmr two bedroom	$2,199
Suggested rent	$2,199
Fmr four bedroom	$3,446
Fmr three bedroom	$2,953

Hoa	Yes
Address · zip	98092
Address · city	Auburn
Address · fips	53033
Address · unit	40
Address · zip4	7248
Address · house	3435
Address · label	3435 Auburn Way S Apt 40, Auburn, WA 98092
Address · state	WA
Address · county	King County
Address · street	Auburn
Address · address	3435 Auburn Way S Apt 40
Address · unit type	Apt
Address · street type	Way
Address · carrier route	C012
Address · jurisdiction	King County
Address · congressional district	08
Carport	Yes
Bedrooms	2
Deck area	0
Latitude	47.286602
Pool area	0
Bathrooms	1
Fireplace	Yes
Longitude	-122.182514
Patio area	0
Year built	1,979
Garage type	Carport
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Property use	Condominium Unit (Residential)
Basement type	NO BASEMENT
Construction	Frame
Parking spaces	1
Buildings count	0
Property use code	1,004
Garage square feet	0
Living square feet	904
Partial bathrooms	1
Basement square feet	0
Building square feet	904
Price per square foot	0
Parcel account number	946550040004
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0