Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Florida

I bought a tax deed property from a gentleman who bought it from a county. My purchase was for acreage and advertised with a house on it. The gentleman did tell me after he bought the property and did a visual inspection, he was the one that brought the home to the attention of the tax collector and assessor. He told me that effective 2011 taxes the home would show with the property. Come to find out the house belongs to someone else who has lived in the house since 1958. It has a different tax number and is listed as being on an unplottable parcel. The tax assessor and collector can not plot her property and will not just merge it with the property. She does have a warranty deed and has paid taxes on the house and unplottable parcel since 1957. I did discover the chain of title from 1914 to the recent tax deed sale and that area of the parcel was never split off or sold. Is this a buyer beware and I am just tuff out of luck? Should I sue the gentleman I bought it from, take legal action against the woman who lives in the house on the property I bought or just roll over and walk away from alot of money. Will she get the property because of adverse possession. I'm sick. I feel I was taken advantage of.


Asked on 11/01/11, 12:20 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Stephen Orchard Law Offices of Stephen Orchard

These are not questions simple enough to answer in this forum. You should seek legal counsel as soon as practically possible. Your fact pattern is one complex enough for the bar exam (and I mean that in the best way).

You have certainly done your homework and you will save a great deal of expense presenting what you have to an attorney for review.

Best of luck

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Answered on 11/01/11, 1:28 pm


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