$2.1M Garland commercial parcel hits tax sale at $245K opening bid

A commercial property at 2020 Saturn Rd in Garland goes to auction Nov. 3, 2026, after Dallas County secured a tax judgment against it under cause number TX-25-00008.

The county’s RealAuction listing sets the account’s adjudged value at $2,059,880 and the minimum opening bid at $245,209.32, roughly 12 percent of that adjudged figure. The gap is typical of a Texas tax sale: the opening bid covers the delinquent taxes, penalties and costs owed, not the property’s market value, so the county’s own numbers set a floor far below what the parcel is worth on paper.

Why it matters

Texas tax sales are a distinct record from the deed-of-trust foreclosures that dominate DFW’s distress pipeline. There is no lender and no promissory note behind this sale, only unpaid property taxes, and the county, not a bank, is the party forcing the auction. A $2.1 million commercial parcel opening at about 12 percent of that figure is the kind of gap that draws bidders who specialize in buying tax-sale deeds and either holding for the statutory redemption period or flipping once clear title resolves.

The numbers

Dallas County’s listing puts the adjudged value at $2,059,880 against account number 65073408310020000, with a minimum bid of $245,209.32, about $1.8 million below the adjudged value. The cause number is TX-25-00008, and the sale is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026 through the county’s RealAuction online platform.

What’s next

Any winning bidder at a Texas tax sale takes title subject to the former owner’s statutory right of redemption, which runs up to two years on a homestead or agricultural property and six months on most commercial parcels, so a buyer at 2020 Saturn Rd would not have clear, unchallengeable title the moment the gavel falls. The county’s auction result, once posted, is the next record to confirm whether the property sold at or above the minimum bid. For more on how Garland’s industrial corridor is trading, see Costco’s two Dallas County warranty deeds in Garland.