Brad Westover

Brad Westover, CTLP® is the Executive Director of the National Tax Lien Association, tasked with managing the daily operations. He is passionate about raising funds for public education and believes that no success can compensate for failing to fund education in America. He participates on the following NTLA Committees: Legislative, Public Relations, Tax Deed Investor Group, Education and NTLA Foundation. Brad has over twenty five years’ experience in assisting local governments with delinquent property tax collections. He has invested over $1.5 billion in tax lien certificates from 23 states. He is a nationally recognized speaker and authority on tax certificates and collecting taxes in America.

In 2013, Brad took the Homeless Challenge in Washington DC and raised over $20,000 for the National Coalition for the Homeless. Brad founded the NTLA Foundation, a fund to assist elderly and disabled homeowners from losing their homes to a tax foreclosure. He also supports and works with Habitat for Humanity. Brad supervised clean-up effort in South Florida caused by Hurricane Irma with 0ver 10,500 volunteers. He was recognized by Miami Association of Realtors as the 2018 Humanitarian of the Year.  Brad is the current President of JTHS-Miami Association of Realtor, a Director with Florida Realtors and the National Assoc. of Realtors.

As a young man, he earned his Eagle Scout award with the Boy Scouts of America. He holds a BA from Brigham Young University in Communications and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University. In his spare time Brad loves sports of all kinds including basketball, water skiing, and cycling. Brad speaks fluent Spanish. Married for 30 years with four boys, Brad welcomed his first granddaughter in 2024 named Lucy.

NTLA Executive Director Brad Westover is a nationally-recognized speaker and expert on tax lien and tax deed investing. He began his successful career in tax sale investing in 1995 and has invested over $1.5 billion from 25 states.​

Brad is passionate about helping others develop their own successful tax sale investing strategy while avoiding common pitfalls. It is this passion that drove him to develop NTLA University and travel the country, delivering the two-day training program.

"Success begins with knowledge," says Brad. "And NTLA University offers the very best industry-specific, quality education that can help you get started on the right path to successful investing."

NTLA University is now 100% online and delivered on demand, making it more convenient and accessible to students. "I want you to be successful. Proper education is the key to your success and is the best step forward to achieving your financial and professional goals," says Brad. "Successful tax sale investing generates the dollars our communities need to provide critical services such as schools, public safety and health care."

In addition to NTLA University, Brad also developed the industry's only professional designation, Certified Tax Lien Professional (CTLP)®. To earn this designation, individuals must complete NTLA University and demonstrate three years of experience in the tax sale industry. Successful candidates must also demonstrate active participation and leadership as members of NTLA which includes adhering to the association’s Code of Ethics and Anti-Trust Compliance.