2973 LOPEZ RD

ROMA, Texas, 78584-6686

Redeemable DeedcancelledSells Oct 6, 2026 · in 2 days

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Opening bid

$14,253

Assessed value

$17,820

Land $9,550Improvement $157,830

Market / AVM

$273,000

Taxes owed

—

Parcel number: 000950750034700000155
Case number: TS-17-221
Land use: SALE
Building: 3,480 sqft
Acreage: 0.19
Lot size: 8,320 sqft
Year built: —
Owner of record: Julio Martinez

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

Aerial view of 2973 LOPEZ RD — the parcel

Aerial view of 2973 LOPEZ RD — what is around it

Site & surroundings

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

22% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 9502.04
410 of 1,843 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

Río Bravo / Rio Grande518 ft from parcel centre
Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.
FEMA flood zone X
Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.
Elevation 185 ft
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.
Tract median home value $50,700
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 · 95 values

Summary(9)

Id	307,799,772
Free clear	Yes
High equity	Yes
Property type	SFR
Equity percent	100
Owner occupied	Yes
Estimated value	$273,000
Last update date	2026-09-23 00:00:00 UTC
Estimated equity	$273,000

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

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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

$162,594

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $81,900 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $14,253

Room to bid $148,341

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

History-guided suggestion

$67,085

Under max by $95,508

≤ 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 TX|Redeemable 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 $273,000. 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: $273,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$21,840
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 ~$410/month.: −$2,867
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): −$81,900
Maximum bid: $162,594

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$40,648

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.

AI risk brief

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.

22% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 9502.04

410 of 1,843 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

Río Bravo / Rio Grande518 ft from parcel centre

Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.

FEMA flood zone X

Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.

Elevation 185 ft

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

Tract median home value $50,700

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

307,799,772

Free clear

Yes

High equity

Yes

Property type

SFR

Equity percent

100

Owner occupied

Yes

Estimated value

$273,000

Last update date

2026-09-23 00:00:00 UTC

Estimated equity

$273,000

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$162,594

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $81,900 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $14,253

Room to bid $148,341

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

History-guided suggestion

$67,085

Under max by $95,508

≤ 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 TX|Redeemable 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 $273,000. 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: $273,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$21,840
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 ~$410/month.: −$2,867
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): −$81,900
Maximum bid: $162,594

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

25%

You'd receive

$40,648

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.

Apn	000950750034700000155
Land use	Residential
Lot acres	0.19
Census block	4024
Census tract	950204
Property use	Single Family Residence
Lot depth feet	97.3
Lot width feet	85.6
Lot square feet	8,320
Property class	The general use for the property is for residential purposes
Apn unformatted	000950750034700000155
Census block group	4
Legal description	AB 95 POR 75 F GONZALEZPT TR 118

Year	2,022
Tax amount	$1,726
Property id	307,799,772
Market value	$167,380
Assessed value	$167,380
Assessment year	2,024
Market land value	$9,550
Assessed land value	$9,550
Tax delinquent year	2006
Market improvement value	$157,830
Assessed improvement value	$157,830

Owner1 type	Individual
Owner2 type	Other
Mail address · zip	78584
Mail address · city	Roma
Mail address · fips	48427
Mail address · zip4	6686
Mail address · house	2973
Mail address · label	2973 Lopez Rd, Roma, TX 78584
Mail address · state	TX
Mail address · county	Starr County
Mail address · street	Lopez
Mail address · address	2973 Lopez Rd
Mail address · carrier route	R003
Mail address · address format	S
Owner occupied	Yes
Owner1 full name	Julio Martinez
Owner1 last name	Martinez
Owner1 first name	Julio

Address · zip	78584
Address · city	Roma
Address · fips	48427
Address · zip4	6686
Address · house	2973
Address · label	2973 Lopez Rd, Roma, TX 78584
Address · state	TX
Address · county	Starr County
Address · street	Lopez
Address · address	2973 Lopez Rd
Address · street type	Rd
Address · carrier route	R003
Address · jurisdiction	Starr County
Address · congressional district	28
Deck area	0
Latitude	26.402505824677178
Pool area	0
Longitude	-98.97631339619073
Patio area	0
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Property use	Single Family Residence
Basement type	NO BASEMENT
Lot square feet	8,320
Parking spaces	0
Buildings count	0
Property use code	385
Garage square feet	0
Living square feet	3,480
Partial bathrooms	0
Basement square feet	0
Building square feet	3,480
Price per square foot	0
Parcel account number	82034
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0

Ids	307799772, 700128887680, 307799771
Total owned	3
Total value	$435,000
Total equity	$435,000
Purchased last6mos	0
Purchased last12mos	0