Title search vs title insurance buying from auction site

[Noel Y.]

Hi,

Anyone had experiences with buying from auction sites?  The sites always have "special warranty deeds", title insurance available to purchase and event property information report on prior mortgage records/comps.

-Do you do separate title searches?  Or simply go to county doc office online search?

-How many are you bidding each time?  What is your strategy?

Is it worthy that a lot of bids are not accepted while time/money spent on title search.  Suggestions?

Thanks a lot.