Systems Thinking in Tax Sales: Brian Seidensticker on Solving Big Data Challenges — Part 1 - #10

In Part 1 of this conversation on The Innovative Investor Podcast, Stephen speaks with Brian Seidensticker, a former aerospace engineer turned tax-sale industry innovator who is currently the co-founder of Last Best Partners and CEO of Tax Sale Resources.  Brian shares how a “holy-crap” moment when he received a notice that his own home in Montana could be lost to unpaid taxes, pushed him out of missile defense and into fix-and-flip, and ultimately into building the country’s most comprehensive tax-sale data platform.  He tells Stephen about launching Tax Sale Resources as a side project, stepping away when it outpaced his own investing, and then returning years later as co-founder of Last Best Partners and Mountain North Capital, where he now deploys that same systems-engineering mindset to manage millions of distressed‐property opportunities each year.  Together, they explore the unique lens a systems engineer brings to tax-sale investing, zooming out to see every piece of the puzzle, from jurisdiction layers and auction calendars to parcel details, and then zooming in to automate what used to require teams of fifty analysts at dozens of county websites.  Brian explains how Tax Sale Resources aggregates data from over 5,000 jurisdictions, tracks 9,000+ auctions and 2–3 million parcels weekly, and lets investors filter for precise asset classes (yes, even bowling alleys nationwide) with a few clicks. By unifying state, county, and municipal complexities into one intuitive platform, Brian shows how modern investors can go from hundreds of tedious Excel look-ups to targeted, scalable portfolios—freeing up time to focus on strategy rather than data entry.  Whether you’re just starting delinquent‐tax investing or looking to scale up your fund, this conversation offers a roadmap for leveraging technology, data and process design to unlock the wealth in property debt. Timestamps Brian’s journey from aerospace engineer to tax-sale industry leader – 04:00 Launch and growth of the Tax Sale Resources data platform – 11:30 Applying systems-engineering thinking to real-estate investing – 18:15 Overcoming county- and state-level data fragmentation – 24:20 How the platform boosts investor speed and accuracy – 29:50 Get in Touch with Stephen and Brian Seidensticker Website: https://jurisdeed.com/Waitlist: https://jurisdeed.com/waitlistStephen's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenmorel-jd/Brian’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-seidensticker-90117021/Tax Sale Resources: https://www.taxsaleresources.com/Last Best Partners: https://www.lastbestpartners.com/Mount North Capital: https://www.lastbestpartners.com/companies/mount-north-capital And if you love the show, subscribe to follow it! If you're investing in Louisiana tax sales under the 2026 rules, you need legal and asset management partners who specialize in this niche: Quiet Title Litigation – TDLG (Tax Deed Legal Group) After your redemption period expires, TDLG forecloses your lien so you can recover your investment with confidence. Louisiana-licensed attorneys with deep expertise in tax sale law handle all litigation, notice requirements, and foreclosure proceedings. Website: www.taxdeedlegal.comEmail: [email protected] Asset Liquidation & Management – DeedWolf Holding an unredeemed lien with partia... Chapters (00:00:00) - Tax Lien Advice(00:01:08) - Brian Seidensticker on The Innovative Investor Podcast(00:02:28) - Tax Liens(00:08:06) - How Real Estate Became a Startup's Life(00:10:43) - Jefferies: Systems Engineer vs Real Estate Investor(00:16:25) - TSR: 9,000 Mortgage Auction's annually,(00:18:02) - Real Estate Underwriting: Taxable Property Data(00:21:50) - How To Track County Tax Liens