Marion County is where we've published our clearest real-world proof case: a property at 14470 SE 91st Ter, Summerfield, sold for $73,501 against a pre-published $82,000 Shapira Max Bid ceiling — a formula that held to within $8,499 of the actual sale price. See the shareable result card, or read the full breakdown in our max bid formula guide.
Marion currently has 99 upcoming auctions — 95 tax deed, 4 mortgage foreclosure. The average opening bid is around $11,376 against an average assessed value of roughly $14,897. But the average is skewed by a handful of higher-value lots — the median opening bid is closer to $4,006, against a median assessed value around $6,149. For a county with this much volume, the median is the more honest picture of what a typical lot actually looks like: modest opening bids, modest assessed values, and a real but not dramatic spread.
Not because it's the biggest county, and not because the numbers are the most dramatic — Escambia and Putnam both show wider headline spreads. We use Marion because we had a specific, verifiable auction outcome to publish the prediction against before the sale happened, and then grade it after the fact against the courthouse record. That's the standard we hold every Shapira report to: a number published pre-sale, graded automatically within 24 hours of the actual result.
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This is general educational information, not legal, financial, or investment advice. Auction data and value estimates should always be independently verified. Consult a licensed Florida attorney and title professional before bidding on any property.