Take 5 Actions to Power Your Information, Lower Your Overhead Costs, and Scale Efficiently. Tax Lien Investors Get Information Overload. Take 5 Information Actions to Get Measurable Results.

1. Information is Power
Optimize Your Tax Lien Fund Information

2. Information Overload
 3 Themes Recur for Tax Lien Investors:
1. Overwhelming data to analyze and audit
2. Complex legal issues and state business rules
3. Labor-intensive tasks (e.g. legal docs, foreclosure)
 Based on VADAR’s 20-year experience across
19 states servicing over $1 billion in tax liens

3. Overhead Costs
 The power of information diminishes from the
costs of paperwork, spreadsheets, and staff.
• Data error – losses of $ and reputation
• Duplication – costs and losses of repetition
• Manual tasks – lack of automation costs man-hours
• Storage – ad hoc data gets lost, stuck, or misplaced
 10 Limitations of Spreadsheets vs. Systems
Human Error
Data entry mistakes are
common and costly
Non-Compliant
Systems meet deadlines
and SoX compliance
Non-Collaborative
Different information
from different sources
No Data Recovery
Lost financial data when
devices fail
Not Scalable
Overhead costs rise
disproportionately
Hard to Test
Systems can be tested;
spreadsheets cannot
Inflexible Business
Dependence on a few
constricts flexibility
Non-Consolidated
People use different data
in different ways
Slow Decisions
Financial decisions
require instant info.
Fraud
Spreadsheets vulnerable
from lack of controls

4. Information Actions
 These 5 Information Actions improve the power
of any tax lien investor’s information:
1. Identify key stakeholders and unify their focus
2. Record operational challenges to identify the
easiest and costliest to remedy
3. Know your vital data elements, where they are
stored, and who controls them
4. Reduce redundancy by improving communications
and interfaces between systems
5. Find resources that can be leveraged for solutions
(e.g. IT staff, software vendor, law firm)

5. Measurable Results
 Clients who take these 5 information
actions yield these quantifiable results:
• Enhanced cash flow
• Higher portfolio returns
• Increased revenue recovery
• Lower overhead costs of audits,
information, and operations staff

6. Learn More
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