Camillus (WSYR-TV) – Ron Cottet was reading the newspaper the other day when he saw a recent transaction on property in Camillus that caused him to take note.
Onondaga County was listed as the buyer and the property carried a price tag of about $38,000.
According to records, the county then sold the property for $2,500.
It turns out, Onondaga County did not pay any money for the house, which was on Mackay Avenue. The transaction is called a “tax deed transfer. The property was taken over – not purchased – by the county because about $38,000 was owed in back taxes. The county then auctioned off the home. The winning bid was $2,500.
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