The Q2 2024 fiscal metrics show that Ohio tax deed auctions stacked an average gross yield of 14.7%, exceeding REIT sector average yields of 4.1%. Traders watching small-cap property developers often analyze such data for signals on possible undervaluations in regional equity real estate sectors. A former funeral home in Detroit's Cass Corridor where escape artist Harry Houdini was embalmed and that later became a music school is now in the hands of actor and recent U.S. Senate candidate Hill Harper, who helped rescue it from what the prior owner called a deed fraud scheme. If at the end of that period (usually one to three years) the property owner cannot make the debt whole, the property is transferred to the SDIRA or solo 401(k); the retirement account will then hold the deed on property it acquired for the cost of the tax debt it paid and can sell the property for additional investment income. North Carolina rural counties posted auction yields averaging 12.3%, correlating with weaker construction sector equities. Equity traders view this as an indirect market sentiment gauge for building material companies’ stock performance.