How does Blount County handle delinquent property taxes?

Blount County taxes are due October 1 and become delinquent March 1. Unpaid parcels accrue interest and penalty monthly and eventually go to a tax sale conducted through Chancery Court. Greenbelt rollback taxes can also come due when farm or forest land changes use.

Do you buy land near the national park boundary?

Yes, including tracts in Walland, Townsend, and along the Foothills Parkway corridor. Steep terrain, no septic approval, and shared gravel access are normal for that area and are not deal-breakers for us.

Sell your land or house in Blount County, Tennessee

We buy across Blount County — seat at Maryville — for cash or on monthly payments. No commissions, no repairs, no survey requirement, and back taxes settled at closing.

About Blount County

Blount County runs from the Alcoa and Maryville industrial corridor south to the boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It holds some of the most desirable rural acreage in East Tennessee along with older mill-town housing stock in Alcoa.

Population: around 140,000.

Land in Blount County

Foothills acreage in Blount County carries real value, but a lot of it is landlocked, steep, or tangled in heirs' property from farms divided among siblings decades ago. Those are exactly the parcels we buy.

Houses in Blount County

Alcoa's original mill housing and Maryville's older in-town neighborhoods often need full system replacement. We buy them in whatever condition they are in.

Blount County property taxes and offices

County rate: about $1.8850 per $100 of assessed value
Assessment ratio: 25% residential and farm, 25% for greenbelt/farm classifications
Parcel & appraisal records: Blount County Property Assessor, 341 Court St, Maryville
Tax payments & delinquencies: Blount County Trustee, 347 Court St, Maryville
Deeds, plats & liens: Blount County Register of Deeds

A $150,000 appraisal in Blount County carries roughly $707 per year in county property tax before any city rate. Rates are set annually — confirm yours with the trustee before relying on the figure.

Land holding cost calculator

What you have actually paid to own a parcel that produces nothing.

County

Appraised value

Years held

Mowing & upkeep per year

Annual tax: $236
Taxes, 10 yrs: $2,356
Upkeep, 10 yrs: $3,000
Paid to own nothing: $5,356

Estimates use Tennessee's 25% assessment ratio for residential and farm property and the county rate shown. Rates change annually and city rates add on top — treat this as a planning estimate, not a tax bill.

Towns and communities we buy in

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We also buy on monthly payments

Some land sellers don't want one large check. An installment sale — seller financing — lets you receive payments over months or years instead, with interest, so the gain may be recognized as payments arrive rather than all at once.

Predictable monthly income
A fixed deposit on the same day every month for the length of the term you choose.
Spread the tax year
Taking the full price in one year can push the entire gain into that year. Payments may let gain be recognized as they arrive.
No more bills
No property tax, no mowing, no maintenance. We take those over the day we close.
Secured by the property
The note is secured by a recorded deed of trust against the land itself.

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This information is general and educational. We are not attorneys, CPAs, or tax advisors, and nothing on this site is tax or legal advice. Individual results depend on your specific circumstances. Please consult a qualified tax professional before making a decision.

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