147 American Dr

Ruther Glen, Virginia, 22546

Tax DeedpendingSells Oct 22, 2026 · in 21 days

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Opening bid

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Assessed value

$5,000

Land $5,000Improvement $0

Market / AVM

$384,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 67A4-1-1589
Case number: —
Land use: Residential
Building: —
Acreage: 0.24
Lot size: 10,608 sqft
Year built: —
Owner of record: James Cobb

Legal description

Lot 1589, Lake Caroline Subdivision

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

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Property detail

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Summary(14)

Id	186,853,874
Flood zone	Yes
Free clear	Yes
High equity	Yes
Property type	LAND
Absentee owner	Yes
Equity percent	100
Flood zone type	X
Investor buyer	Yes
Estimated value	$384,000

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Caroline County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption: Right to redeem up until the court confirms the sale, not after
Return if redeemed: N/A — outright deed transfer once confirmed
Statute: Code of Virginia Title 58.1, Ch. 39

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Historical comps

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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.

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$229,822

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $115,200 (30% of ARV).

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

History-guided suggestion

$206,840

Under max by $22,982

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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 $384,000. 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: $384,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$30,720
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 VA range ($1,800–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,400
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical VA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (8 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$576/month.: −$4,608
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): −$115,200
Maximum bid: $229,822

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 COMPUTED MAX BID IS AN ALL-IN CEILING AND VIRGINIA ADDS A BUYER'S PREMIUM ON TOP OF THE BID. Both sales in our own inventory charge one: Shenandoah County's judicial sale adds 10% of the high bid, and the City of Chesapeake's nonjudicial sale adds 15% plus a $200 recordation fee. Bid at most maxBid ÷ 1.10, or ÷ 1.15 where the terms say 15%. Bidding the computed figure itself overshoots the ceiling by the whole premium — on a $20,000 parcel that is $2,000 to $3,000 of profit that was never there. closingCosts is a flat dollar field and cannot hold a rate; read the auctioneer's terms for every sale.
Virginia assesses at full fair market value, so the ratio is honestly 1.0 — but it is the value as of the last general reassessment, not today. Counties reassess every four years, or every three by vote of the board, and a county of 50,000 or fewer may stretch to five- or six-year intervals (§ 58.1-3252). Most of the Virginia inventory sits in exactly those small counties, so an assessment here can be half a decade old in either direction. Agricultural, horticultural, forest and open-space land enrolled in use-value deferral is assessed on its use value rather than market value, which understates it sharply on development-fringe parcels. A 1.0 ratio is not a licence to treat the assessment as an appraisal.

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186,853,874

Flood zone

Yes

Free clear

Yes

High equity

Yes

Property type

LAND

Absentee owner

Yes

Equity percent

100

Flood zone type

Investor buyer

Yes

Estimated value