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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PLANTATION, Fla., November 7th 2011 — The 4th District Court of Appeal reversed a $1.46 million judgment against Plantation-based Realauction.com, finding the facts of the case did not support the tortious interference claim against the company or its chief executive officer, Lloyd McClendon. Grant Street Group, a Pittsburgh-based provider of online auction services, obtained the jury award in a Broward Circuit Court trial in 2009. The company claimed that email statements made by Mr. McClendon to Broward County officials caused it to lose out on a contract to provide online auction services for tax certificates. The 4th

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Osceola County Clerk of Court Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2011 PR11-08 Osceola County Clerk of Court’s Office Begins Online Tax Deed Sales Kissimmee, FL – The Honorable Malcom Thompson, Osceola County Clerk of Courts, is pleased to announce that beginning in November of 2011, tax deed sales will be taking place online. “Over the past couple of years, we have seen a significant reduction in our budget, which is set by the State,” says Thompson.  “By conducting tax deed sales online, in accordance with section 197.542, Florida Statutes, the Clerk’s Office can increase the efficiency of our

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And get this: In the kind of deal espoused by get-rich-quick authors, he paid just $20,000 for a house worth close to $200,000. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-02-03/business/os-foreclosure-auction-hazard-20110202_1_foreclosure-auctions-foreclosure-case-foreclosure-judgment

Following last September’s successful implementation of conducting foreclosure sales via the internet, Richard Weiss, Polk County Clerk of the Circuit Court, today announced that tax deed sales will also be taking place online.   Add missing PDF

More than a year after courthouse foreclosure auctions moved online in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, bidders are still making mistakes, some worth tens of thousands of dollars. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-04-05/business/fl-foreclosure-auction-20110405_1_foreclosure-auctions-foreclosure-sale-wells-fargo

St. Johns County Tax Collector, Dennis W. Hollingsworth is proud to announce to Historic City News readers that after the close of the 2011 Delinquent Tax Certificate Sale, his office has achieved a collection rate of 99.995 percent for the 2010 Tax Year. http://www.historiccity.com/2011/staugustine/news/florida/hollingsworth-hits-tax-collection-record-15557

Park County Treasurer Michelle Miller announced today that the online auction of tax liens in Park County, Colorado will begin at 8:00 am MST, Saturday October 15, 2011.  

In an economy in which county governments have been forced to do more with less “a cliche’ that seems to be here to stay” public officials increasingly are looking to rid themselves of live auctions in favor of online auctions hosted on a third-party website. http://www.govtech.com/budget-finance/Counties-Move-Auctions-Online-to-Increase-Revenue.html

Today, the Orange County Clerk of the Court will launch a long-awaited online foreclosure auction service that allows bidders to purchase properties on the Internet rather than in the courthouse. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-01-18/business/os-online-foreclosure-auction-20110118_1_online-foreclosure-auctions-auction-calendar-maximum-bid