3859 Martinsburg Rd

Gambier, Ohio, 43022

Tax DeedpendingSells Oct 9, 2026 · in 8 days

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Opening bid

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Assessed value

$44,930

Land $24,450Improvement $20,480

Market / AVM

$255,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 10-00203.000
Case number: —
Land use: Residential
Beds / baths: 3 bd · 1 ba
Building: 1,279 sqft
Acreage: 3.99
Lot size: 173,620 sqft
Year built: 1920
Owner of record: Brian Farmer
Last sale: $24,375 · 2013-05-23

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

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Property detail

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Summary(24)

Id	12,449,156
Beds	3
Baths	1
Equity	$225,000
Auction	Yes
Judgment	Yes
Flood zone	Yes
High equity	Yes
Notice type	FOR
Last sale date	2013-05-23

County records

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Knox County rules

Sale type: Hybrid
Redemption: 1 year from lien certificate sale (varies); forfeiture-to-deed track has no redemption once complete
Return if redeemed: Lien: up to 18% per annum, county-set
Statute: Ohio Revised Code Ch. 5721

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Historical comps

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Liens that survive

Proper judicial/sheriff sale with named parties generally cuts off junior liens; federal tax liens and omitted parties create residual risk. Purchaser may be responsible for costs taxes do not cover. Full title search mandatory.

Quiet title

Sheriff deed after confirmation often supports marketable title; quiet title still common if notice defects or occupied property.

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

$149,195

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $76,500 (30% of ARV).

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

History-guided suggestion

$134,276

Under max by $14,920

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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 $255,000. 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: $255,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$20,400
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 OH range ($1,800–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,400
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical OH recording and deed issuance cost.: −$150
Holding costs (14 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$383/month.: −$5,355
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): −$76,500
Maximum bid: $149,195

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 FIRST SALE HAS A MARKET-VALUE FLOOR, WHICH IS WHY MOST OHIO PARCELS SHOW NO BID ROOM. R.C. 5721.19(A) lets the court order a parcel sold "without appraisal, for not less than either of the following: (1) The fair market value of the parcel, as determined by the county auditor, plus the costs incurred in the foreclosure proceeding" — or the total of the finding plus costs. Where the court picks the first, the minimum bid is market value and there is no discount to win. A max bid below the opening bid is the statute working, not a data error.
Farmland enrolled in Ohio's CAUV programme is assessed on its current agricultural use value rather than market value (R.C. 5713.31), and the two differ by an order of magnitude on development-fringe land. Dividing a CAUV assessment by 0.35 returns roughly the agricultural value, not what the parcel would sell for — it understates, which is the safe direction, but it makes a genuinely valuable parcel look worthless. Most of the Ohio inventory sits in rural counties where enrolment is common, so check the auditor's record for a CAUV flag before accepting a low derived ARV.

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12,449,156

Beds

Baths

Equity

$225,000

Auction

Yes

Judgment

Yes

Flood zone

Yes

High equity

Yes

Notice type

FOR

Last sale date

2013-05-23