Sell your with back taxes owed Bakersfield house for cash — we buy direct
Owing back property taxes doesn't stop you from selling — but it does compress the timeline before the county can move to tax sale. A cash sale pays off the taxes directly from the proceeds at closing, often before any auction would happen. We buy tax-delinquent property routinely and can close on these.
Lockwood Home Buyers makes cash offers directly to homeowners — no fees, no commissions, and no obligation to accept. We are not a real-estate agent or broker; we buy houses for cash.
How the California timeline works
California is a non-judicial state: a recorded notice of default starts a 90-day clock, then a 21-day notice of trustee sale — roughly four months minimum from default to auction. The dates are statutory, so the window to sell is predictable but finite.
California sales close through escrow companies; a clean cash escrow commonly runs two weeks or less.