IRS Deja Vu

I have a rental property that went into foreclosure after I had my debts discharged in bankruptcy.  The lender still holds a first position even though the debt was discharged.  The IRS also has a lein on the property and this lein caused the lender to remove the property from the scheduled sheriff sale.  

Nobody is going to buy the property because the house is no longer worth the lein values.  If someone bought it, they would have to accept both leins. 

How can I get the bank to release the lein so I can sell the house to pay off the tax lein?  Is it legal for me to offer the bank some money to release the lein. 

Maybe I can just buy the house from the bank for a cash amount.  I am the only one willing to buy it with the IRS lein on it.  Will the IRS sit there forever holding that lein? 

Thanks.  I feel stuck in limbo.  I want to get on with my life.

Mel

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Hello Mel,

I answered your question earlier this month.

Read: IRS Tax Liens & Foreclosure

Thanks for the questions and hope this helps.

Paul