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All Forum Posts by: David Sicherman

David Sicherman has started 416 posts and replied 641 times.

Post: Auction with Lis Pendens, and an "Insurable" but not "Marketable" Title. What to do?

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Do a lien search first!

Post: Direct Mail/Exit strategy

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Having a hot lead presented with VM when they call sucks. Answer it yourself or use a service or you will be throwing your marketing money and potential deals out the window. When you call a company wanting to engage with their service and get a voicemail, let alone during biz hours, it's a big turnoff no?

Post: Lis Pendens Question....

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LP is just the notice of a lawsuit. If the bank approved the house to be a short sale they are approving their lien to be satisfied and oddly enough usually the same bank has a foreclosure dept working to foreclose. So you can either get it on the short sale or buy it if it hits the county auction. 

In short as long as the bank that has the LP is the one that approved the short sale and it's the superior lien you are not responsible for whatever the LP is for. 

Post: What happens to 2nd position if 1st initiated foreclosure?

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not sure about Indiana but senior lien holder in Florida auction wipe out junior liens as long as they were noticed correctly.  Should be part of you due diligence before you bid. 

Post: Do it yourself Title Searches

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absolutely, if they aren't recorded you can't find them, municipal liens can be tracked down by doing a municipal lien search which is completely different service and can be way more expensive than a regular lien search.  There are services for municipal searches and they run about $75 and up. Most investors do not do these searches because they take way longer than a regulate title search, cost more, are rarer and are easily negotiated down with the municipality in most cases of these violations. 

Post: Is this a Good Deal?

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the phrase "probably needs $5k worth of work" is a red flag.  That translates to me as "definitely needs $10k and probably more. 

Post: Researching foreclosures efficiently - Holy Grail?

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Florida is great, it's all online, just have to do your lien searches diligently!

Post: Title & Lien Search

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I am the managing partner at a title company.

You 100% need to have an abstractor do your searches especially anywhere in Florida, let alone in the Broward/Miami/Palm beach area. There is so much "shenanigans" going on with these properties that are at the auctions, I see it daily from errors that would land you in court to straight up fraud. My main team of REO & tax specialists all have 20 years+ experience in South Florida, you wouldn't want to do this stuff yourself.

Post: $38k for a 15% CAP rate in Palm Beach condo $10k instant equity!

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Incredible 15%+ CAP rate on this condo unit! 

Priced for instant $10k of equity rented at $850 a month, for cash buyers only!

Bottom floor 2/1 condo in beautiful 55+ La Pinata condo community motivated seller priced to sell quickly below retail! 

Unit has 2 bedroom and a large upgraded bathroom with senior bath safety bars and new tile.

Tenant has been there for years and no plans to move, lease is signed through 12/31/14. Large front screened in patio, hurricane shutters and more.

This property is not listed on the MLS and will go fast! Rented at $850 a month, condo fees $208 and taxes $50 a month means you get instant cash-flow!

Real CASH buyers only! - NO JV's

MESSAGE ME!

Post: $35 - $55 for Title Searches for Florida, GA and many other states!

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We are EasyTitleSearch.com and we do lien searches for Florida, Georgia, Ohio and many other states!  

Most national companies charge over $100 for a complete O & E report with docs, we give you a 2x better search at less than half the price!

We specialize in doing reports for county foreclosure auctions and online auctions like Auction.com and Hubzu.com etc..

Same day rush service available, can handle 100+ properties per customer,

 Visit us today and lets do some business!

http://www.easytitlesearch.com/