12265 E Marginal Way S

Tukwila, Washington, 98168

Tax DeedpendingSells Oct 10, 2026 · in 8 days

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Opening bid

$17,446

Assessed value

$302,300

Land $246,800Improvement $55,500

Market / AVM

$302,300

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 734560-0005
Case number: —
Land use: Industrial
Building: 3,000 sqft
Acreage: 0.23
Lot size: 9,971 sqft
Year built: 1961
Owner of record: Christopher Cook

Legal description

RIVERTON ADD LESS ST LESS POR LOT 1 LY ELY OF E MARGINAL WAY

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Summary(13)

Id	185,544,786
Cash buyer	Yes
Flood zone	Yes
Free clear	Yes
High equity	Yes
Last sale date	2018-03-21
Property type	OTHER
Equity percent	100
Flood zone type	X
Estimated value	$302,300

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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

$181,055

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $90,690 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $17,446

Room to bid $163,609

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

History-guided suggestion

$75,647

Under max by $105,408

≤ 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 $302,300. 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: $302,300
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$24,184
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 ~$453/month.: −$2,721
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): −$90,690
Maximum bid: $181,055

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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185,544,786

Cash buyer

Yes

Flood zone

Yes

Free clear

Yes

High equity

Yes

Last sale date

2018-03-21

Property type

OTHER

Equity percent

100

Flood zone type

Estimated value

$302,300

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$181,055

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $90,690 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $17,446

Room to bid $163,609

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

History-guided suggestion

$75,647

Under max by $105,408

≤ 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 $302,300. 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: $302,300
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$24,184
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 ~$453/month.: −$2,721
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): −$90,690
Maximum bid: $181,055

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	734560-0005
Zoning	MIC/H
Land use	Industrial
Lot acres	0.23
Lot number	1-2
Census block	1004
Census tract	027200
Property use	Manufacturing (Light)
Subdivision	Riverton Add
Lot depth feet	299.3
Lot width feet	65.6
Lot square feet	9,971
Apn unformatted	7345600005
Census block group	4
Legal description	RIVERTON ADD LESS ST LESS POR LOT 1 LY ELY OF E MARGINAL WAY

Year	2,025
Tax amount	$4,809
Property id	185,544,786
Market value	$302,300
Assessed value	$302,300
Assessment year	2,025
Market land value	$246,800
Assessed land value	$246,800
Tax delinquent year	2022
Market improvement value	$55,500
Assessed improvement value	$55,500

Seq no	1
Sale date	2018-03-21
Buyer names	Christopher Cook
Seller names	Janice L Sato, Eddie T Sato
Document type	Warranty Deed
Recording date	2018-03-28
Document number	20180328000794
Purchase method	Cash Purchase
Owner individual	Yes
Transaction type	Non-Arm's Length Transactions
Document type code	DTWD
Prior owner individual	Yes
Prior owner months owned	285

Owner1 type	Individual
Owner2 type	Other
Mail address · zip	98144
Mail address · city	Seattle
Mail address · fips	53033
Mail address · zip4	3909
Mail address · house	1417
Mail address · label	1417 31st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
Mail address · state	WA
Mail address · street	31st
Mail address · address	1417 31st Ave S
Mail address · carrier route	C023
Mail address · address format	S
Owner1 full name	Christopher Cook
Owner1 last name	Cook
Owner1 first name	Christopher
Ownership length	102

Seq no	Sale date	Buyer names	Seller names	Document type	Recording date	Document number	Purchase method	Owner individual	Transaction type	Document type code	Ltv	Arms length	Sale amount	Down payment
1	2018-03-21	Christopher Cook	Janice L Sato, Eddie T Sato	Warranty Deed	2018-03-28	20180328000794	Cash Purchase	Yes	Non-Arm's Length Transactions	DTWD
2	2017-06-19	Christopher Cook	Christopher Cook, Mari K Cook	Intrafamily Transfer	2017-06-30	20170630000619	Cash Purchase	Yes	Non-Arm's Length Transactions	DTIT
3	1994-06-14	Christopher Cook, Mari K Cook	Eddie T Sato, Janice L Sato	Other	1994-06-30	9406301476	Cash Purchase	Yes	Non-Residential Arm's Length Transactions	DTOT	100	Yes	$135,000	$135,000
4	1994-06-14	Eddie T Sato, Janice L Sato	Janis L Pupo	Quit Claim Deed	1994-06-30	9406301475	Cash Purchase	Yes	Non-Arm's Length Transactions	DTQC
5	1994-03-03	Eddie T Sato	Frank D Pupo	Quit Claim Deed	1994-03-17	9403172184	Cash Purchase		Non-Arm's Length Transactions	DTQC	100		$10,000	$10,000

Fmr year	2023
Hud area code	METRO42660MM7600
Hud area name	Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area
Median income	$71,977
Fmr efficiency	$1,829
Fmr one bedroom	$1,881
Fmr two bedroom	$2,199
Fmr four bedroom	$3,446
Fmr three bedroom	$2,953

Address · zip	98168
Address · city	Tukwila
Address · fips	53033
Address · zip4	2571
Address · house	12265
Address · label	12265 E Marginal Way S, Tukwila, WA 98168
Address · state	WA
Address · county	King County
Address · street	Marginal
Address · address	12265 E Marginal Way S
Address · street type	Way
Address · carrier route	C023
Address · jurisdiction	King County
Address · pre direction	E
Address · congressional district	09
Stories	1
Deck area	0
Latitude	47.49383985370286
Pool area	0
Longitude	-122.28619225037833
Patio area	0
Year built	1,961
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Heating type	Forced Air Unit
Property use	Manufacturing (Light)
Basement type	NO BASEMENT
Construction	Frame
Lot square feet	9,875
Parking spaces	0
Buildings count	0
Property use code	220
Garage square feet	0
Living square feet	3,000
Partial bathrooms	0
Basement square feet	0
Building square feet	3,000
Price per square foot	0
Parcel account number	734560000501
Utilities sewage usage	Municipal
Utilities water source	Municipal
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0

Ids	700150868295, 186010028, 185544786, 700150864585, 23118501, 700148272946
Total owned	6
Total value	$3,515,300
Total equity	$3,391,407
Purchased last6mos	2
Purchased last12mos	2
Total mortgage balance	$123,893