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All Forum Posts by: Lawton Michaels

Lawton Michaels has started 12 posts and replied 26 times.

Post: Wholesaling in North Carolina

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i currently live in north carolina and have seen lots of good opportunities there for wholesalers. will past along some info shortly.

Post: Deposit money and REOS

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Originally posted by Mr_Investor:
First banks won't allow assignments and second good luck trying to get banks to forgo the deposit.


i found a way to do both. thanx.

Post: Deposit money and REOS

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When dealing with REOS, what are some ways a wholesaler can get around having to front deposit money on the offer to the bank before they assign the contract?

Originally posted by Rich Weese:
There were some seminar companies selling this type of stuff and DID NOT have deeds. Detroit, cleveland, dayton etc, and selling them in seminars to folks in CA!! Their titles will be a mess.


thats BELIEVABLE. with all the foreclosures on the market and the number of investment groups out there,you know this is gonna happen now.
Originally posted by Jon Holdman:
Oh no! If they don't have any ownership, the quit claim is meaningless. Your brother should be able to pay for the title insurance himself. A title search may be in his best interest. The foreclosure process SHOULD clear all prior liens. But if the transfer from the bank to this group wasn't done properly, him could end up with nothing.

This is a bit scary. I've seen several of these groups recently. They say "give us , and we'll get you into a property, lease it, manage it, etc..." These seemed like a situation where the company made money at every step of the way, and the buyer was left with a marginal deal. Sounds like the outcome may not even be that good.


yes, but if my brother has invested money into the house, he has a LIEN position also, regardless. you cant just put money into a house and tell you to boot like that. MOST people dont know that and would leave, but im instructing him if he doenst get a title, to lien up the property and cloud the title FOR REAL.
Originally posted by Jon Holdman:
He should be able to use the land contract to show proof of ownership for utilities.

Will the investors eventually get him a deed? My understanding is that its not too uncommon to have title issues on these bulk REOs that take some time to sort out. You would reasonably expect, however, that they would sort this out before they sell the property. Does his land contract specify a marketable title is to be delivered at the end of the contract?


the contract said that they will quitclaim the title after 6 months, record a promissary note and mortgage as a lien, but will NOT provide title insurance.

I have a brother who recently purchased a reo by a investment group that buys pooled reos from banks. he bought the house on a land contract wherein after 6 months of on time payments, the deed would be placed in his name. He needed to provide proof of ownership to get some utilities turned on and found out the investors DONT HAVE A DEED. What would be his recourse in a situation like this?

Post: How do you cloud a title?

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Originally posted by Nick Johnson:
record an option memorandum


whats an option memorandum and what would the wording be?

With the housing industry soo bad, why would a investor use a wholesaler when they can just about find a deal anywhere?

Correct, you should put the house under contract before u offer it to the investor. i made the mistake of rushing to the offer before i had a contract and sure enuf, i had to balk at giving the investor the details of the deal.