That’s a very reasonable question. The answer is no. We will never ask you for any of your financial information. We do not need your credit or debit card number; we do not need your bank account information. We will not ask you for any money upfront. We will only get paid a percentage of the funds we recover only after the funds have been recovered. All the costs associated with working on your case will come out of our portion of the funds recovered. We will be party to a contract with you that will clearly state all of this upfront.
We work on a contingency basis. What this means is that we don’t get paid until we recover the funds on your behalf. We charge you a percentage of the funds that we recover. The costs, inclusive of filing fees, attorney’s fees, secretarial fees, etc., are covered in our fee and are never passed on to you.
The simple answer to this question is no. Depending on whether we’re dealing with a tax sale overage or a mortgage sale overage, we have to work within the County Tax Commissioner’s schedule, or the schedule of the courts or the trustees. We have no control of the timeframe. Obviously, the sooner the process gets started, the sooner we can recover the money.
Yes, you most certainly can. If you wish to, you can do the research, complete and file the documents and pay any related fees yourself. If you have the time, the knowledge of where to look for information and how to complete and file the necessary paperwork, and the money to pay any upfront costs, you can definitely try to recover the funds on your own. Or, you can do it the easy way: allow us to do the work while you go about your life as normal just wait for us to deliver a check to you at the end of the process. That choice is entirely yours.