<prompt> Human: Hi, first post here. Long story short, DeKalb county GA recently contacted me to inform me that half an acre in a residential area that my father purchased in the 70s is about to go up for auction in less than two weeks unless Iwere willing to pay the property taxes that are past due. The total is less than 2k and it seems like a no brainer but I would like any advice before I cough up the cash I.e. the possibility of other leans against it, do I contact an attorney etc. Ive never owned land before and am admitting to being a complete novice in this field in addition to being skeptical. Any and all advice is welcomed and appreciated. Thanks!Assistant: First make sure it is Dekalb county. Almost any property in Dekalb is worth ten times that at min. Anything north of Memorial Dr is a lot more. It would be worth it in some cases to flip the property just to get a good return. Check your area that it is inHuman: Im going to visit it after the holiday, its off of Panola Rd. I literally known nothing of the property other than what the county has sent me. Hard to say whats possible until I see it in person. Thank you for your input!  <response>: Panola rd has some bad sections and fair sections but it is not the high Dollar area of the county. BTW Dekalb used to have a way to look up property taxes online. Guess it is still there. Check that first. But dont contact the numbers or any info given to you. Look up Dekalb info online and contact those numbers. 