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Updated over 10 years ago,

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Andy Thompson
  • Contractor
  • Denver, CO
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Incredible opportunity, or do I not understand what's happening?

Andy Thompson
  • Contractor
  • Denver, CO
Posted

I don't yet have the money/skill to pull this deal off. Still, I'm trying to observe what the market is doing. So through various web searches, I found a property that is going to be sold at foreclosure auction on Thursday, July 24. It seems like the sale price will be starting incredibly low for our area. The Bank has already submitted a bid for the amount due on the loan plus fees. I suspect that the Bank is simply trying to prevent the property being sold at less than owed, while adding the property to its own REO portfolio. There are other properties being foreclosed by the same bank for which the bank has not submitted bids in writing.

City: Denver
Original note info: $100k in 2003.  $40k outstanding.
Bank Bid: $43k ($2k deficiency)
Value (according to Zillow): $260k, seems appropriate for area.
1 bed/1 bath, 1100 sqft.

I understand that Zillow's estimates are not totally reliable, but even if it's 10% high, you're looking at a pretty good margin.

Am I about to watch this property get sold at an incredible discount? Should it be expected that this property will be shredded like chum by the sharks at auction?

What's going on here...and how do I become one of the sharks??!

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