What can I do with a (pre)foreclosure sfr in Washington?

[Collin Savunen]

Hello everyone! 

Can I buy a house that is pre-foreclosure? 

Can I buy a house that is in foreclosure?

Is there a difference between in foreclosure and foreclosed on?

I assume I can still buy a house that is pre foreclosure from the owner. How would I do that? 

Thank you!

[Kevin Romines]

Hold up just a minute. 

In Washington State, there are distressed home consultant laws and if you afoul of those laws you can be fined into an oblivion and possibly be looking at some jail time. If you going to pursue those types of deals, you better know what the law says and how to avoid any issues? The link is down below:

http://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=61.34&...