People keep asking me if the housing market is about to break. Some of the national numbers look scary right now. The most important one says the opposite, and it changes where an investor should be looking for deals. The scary-looking stuff Foreclosures are climbing. About 303,000 U.S. homes wer...
I have bought a few houses at auction and have sold them to family or for my own use. I am not a flipper. I just recently bought a house close to my daughter's under the first look program. And fully intended to move there. Once I got into the house I realized it was destroyed and will be lucky t...
Hey everyone, I’m planning to attend my first foreclosure auction. I’m not bidding this time. I just want to see how it works in person before I ever put money on the line, and I’d love any advice from people who’ve been doing this a while. The property: 817 W Edwards Ave, Houghton, MI 49931 Fore...
I've spent about forty years digging through public records for a living. Started as a kid at a place called Auto Recovery Bureau on Telephone Road in Houston, finding people and property that didn't want to be found. These days I pull county records by hand for real estate folks — the liens, the...
Hey everyone — I'm a program manager by background (not an auction investor myself) looking into whether there's a real gap in how lien risk gets checked before an Ohio sheriff's sale. What I keep hearing: a full title/lien search takes a title company 1–2 weeks, but an auction closes in days — s...
Looking into Spanish judicial property auctions (subastas.boe.es) as a non-Spanish-speaking investor. The registry documents (nota simple) and legal notices are only in Spanish. Has anyone found a good way to verify charges/liens before bidding, or is this a real blind spot for foreign buyers?
I'm in the RDU area, but have never looked into foreclosures. Now that we have a lot of rehabs under our belt, we wanted to start looking into foreclosed properties. Does anyone have suggestions of good places to look and/or find foreclosures? TIA!
Miami-Dade sells tax deeds Thursday Oct 15 at 2:00 PM ET (miamidade.realforeclose.com). Bidder deposits — $200 or 5% per property — are due Wednesday Oct 14 by 3:00 PM ET, balance within 24 hours of a win. All three lots below were still live on the county preview this morning, Wed Oct 14. The nu...
Hi, I’m a European investor with a U.S. LLC looking to invest in Philadelphia Sheriff Sales -foreclosures. I’m looking for someone experienced with auctions, owner- ofipied properties, ejectment and cash-for-keys. Ideally, someone who speaks Spanish or Italian. Thanks!🙂
I’m looking for advice on the cleanest way out of my house. VA loan balance: ~$886k Mortgage payment: $5,944/month My take-home income: ~$5,400/month Rental income from people living in the house: ~$3,600/month Total monthly cash coming in: ~$9,000 If I rented the entire house, I’d still be about...
Chase is using ServiceLink as their closing agent. ServiceLink is located in PA and handles the entire closing over the internet - using a local notary at closing. I'm concerned ServiceLink is not aware of all state, county and city real estate laws in my area. Typically I use the bank's closing ...