2540 E 4TH ST

ROMA, Texas, 78584-8800

Redeemable DeedpendingSells Oct 6, 2026 · in 5 days

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Opening bid

$102,680

Assessed value

$92,690

Land $17,620Improvement $75,070

Market / AVM

$160,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 001650740000900009715
Case number: TS-12-46
Land use: SALE
Building: 1,539 sqft
Acreage: 0.38
Lot size: 16,553 sqft
Year built: 1995
Owner of record: Carlos Rojas

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

Aerial view of 2540 E 4TH ST — the parcel

Aerial view of 2540 E 4TH ST — what is around it

Site & surroundings

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

Nothing adverse found within range of this parcel.

Context

Elevation 186 ft
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.
9% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 9502.03
121 of 1,414 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 80 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 14%.
Tract median home value $85,000
Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.
Median household income $36,134
Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.
FEMA flood zone X
Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.

Property detail

RealEstateAPI PropertyDetail · Every populated field, as returned · 102 values

Summary(9)

Id	307,807,964
Free clear	Yes
High equity	Yes
Property type	SFR
Equity percent	100
Owner occupied	Yes
Estimated value	$160,000
Last update date	2026-09-23 00:00:00 UTC
Estimated equity	$160,000

Lot info

County records

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

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Starr 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.

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

Liens that survive

Redeemable sheriff tax deed: statutory redemption (180 days / 2 years homestead-ag-mineral). HOA/POA liens can survive if not properly joined; federal tax liens survive. Post-judgment taxes and municipal assessments may remain. Full title and municipal lien search mandatory.

Quiet title

Common after redemption expires for marketable/insurable title; sheriff tax deeds are no-warranty instruments.

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

$93,720

Do not bid — the numbers do not clear your margin.

Opening bid $102,680

Room to bid -$8,960

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

History-guided suggestion

Pass

History + oracle say stay out or wait — do not chase.

History sample

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Median sold

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p(redeem) prior

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No historical bucket for TX|Redeemable Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.
Oracle says no-bid — suggestion is pass.

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 $160,000. 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: $160,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$12,800
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 ~$240/month.: −$1,680
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): −$48,000
Maximum bid: $93,720

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$23,430

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.
The opening bid of $102,680 is already above your ceiling of $93,720.

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Reads this parcel against StarrCounty's rules and flags what could go wrong — surviving liens, redemption exposure, title cost, and the facts we don't have. Takes about 35 seconds; the result is saved, so opening this lot again is instant.

Site & surroundings

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

Nothing adverse found within range of this parcel.

Context

Elevation 186 ft

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

9% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 9502.03

121 of 1,414 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 80 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 14%.

Tract median home value $85,000

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

Median household income $36,134

Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.

FEMA flood zone X

Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.

307,807,964

Free clear

Yes

High equity

Yes

Property type

SFR

Equity percent

100

Owner occupied

Yes

Estimated value

$160,000

Last update date

2026-09-23 00:00:00 UTC

Estimated equity

$160,000

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$93,720

Do not bid — the numbers do not clear your margin.

Opening bid $102,680

Room to bid -$8,960

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

History-guided suggestion

Pass

History + oracle say stay out or wait — do not chase.

History sample

—

Median sold

—

p(redeem) prior

—

No historical bucket for TX|Redeemable Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.
Oracle says no-bid — suggestion is pass.

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 $160,000. 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: $160,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$12,800
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 ~$240/month.: −$1,680
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): −$48,000
Maximum bid: $93,720

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$23,430

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.
The opening bid of $102,680 is already above your ceiling of $93,720.

Apn	001650740000900009715
Land use	Residential
Lot acres	0.38
Census block	1028
Census tract	950203
Property use	Single Family Residence
Lot depth feet	152.4
Lot width feet	98.2
Lot square feet	16,553
Property class	The general use for the property is for residential purposes
Apn unformatted	001650740000900009715
Census block group	8
Legal description	AB 165 POR 74 G. SAENZLOTS 12, 13 & 14

Year	2,022
Tax amount	$847
Property id	307,807,964
Market value	$92,690
Assessed value	$92,690
Assessment year	2,024
Market land value	$17,620
Assessed land value	$17,620
Tax delinquent year	2096
Market improvement value	$75,070
Assessed improvement value	$75,070

Owner1 type	Individual
Owner2 type	Other
Mail address · zip	78584
Mail address · city	Roma
Mail address · fips	48427
Mail address · zip4	8800
Mail address · house	2540
Mail address · label	2540 E 4th St, Roma, TX 78584
Mail address · state	TX
Mail address · county	Starr County
Mail address · street	4th
Mail address · address	2540 E 4th St
Mail address · carrier route	R003
Mail address · pre direction	E
Mail address · address format	S
Owner occupied	Yes
Owner1 full name	Carlos Rojas
Owner1 last name	Rojas
Owner2 full name	Alicia Rojas
Owner2 last name	Rojas
Owner1 first name	Carlos
Owner2 first name	Alicia

Address · zip	78584
Address · city	Roma
Address · fips	48427
Address · zip4	8800
Address · house	2540
Address · label	2540 E 4th St, Roma, TX 78584
Address · state	TX
Address · county	Starr County
Address · street	4th
Address · address	2540 E 4th St
Address · street type	St
Address · carrier route	R003
Address · jurisdiction	Starr County
Address · pre direction	E
Address · congressional district	28
Deck area	0
Latitude	26.399917228299227
Pool area	0
Longitude	-98.98387839285517
Patio area	0
Year built	1,995
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Property use	Single Family Residence
Basement type	NO BASEMENT
Lot square feet	16,553
Parking spaces	0
Buildings count	0
Property use code	385
Garage square feet	0
Living square feet	1,539
Partial bathrooms	0
Basement square feet	0
Building square feet	1,539
Price per square foot	0
Parcel account number	66481
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Tax exemption homeowner flag	Yes
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0

Ids	700140743309, 307807964
Total owned	2
Total value	$169,990
Total equity	$169,990
Purchased last6mos	0
Purchased last12mos	0