All Forum Posts by: Kathy Utiss

Oh what a fun thread..I would definitely go to the county direct not online :) Cinncinnati is in Hamilton County OH. If your not finding info thru the county did the homeowner file a bankruptcy? I know of a homeowner that did a Chp 7 to walk away. The bank placed it for collections but never foreclosed.  Wanted the homeowner to pay although debt was discharged. The home was actually sold but never retrieved by the lender. Unless a certain form was signed. As the bank didn't retrieve the funds in time the county wouldn't release them to the lender. Homeowner was willing to sign whatever bank wanted. Never got the form. No foreclosure home remained in his name and still (responsible)had to pay taxes and up keep on property.  Needless to say they pulled the file... Talk about a convoluted file.  

The bankruptcy case should have a POC-Proof of Claim to be paid from the bankruptcy estate. That should reference the trustee for who ever is in the court wanting to be paid. Besides county records.  The bankruptcy trustee may even be questioned. I would definitely review pacer as well it's cheap and it may be quicker to get answers than waiting for them. 

You don't say how you intend to purchase...Comps are $135,000 Min amount due is 110,000 if you have to do HML or whatever 75% ARV is $101,000 some only do 60% ARV which is $81,000. The amount of repairs isn't huge. But then you will also have a realtor fee unless you have a list of buyers interested already. 6% of $135,000 is $8,100 so between repairs and realtor is $15,000.

So this looks like a short sale opportunity unless there's more value that your unaware of. So you need to make sure your rehab fee's are spot on. However, if the owner of the 2nd can't be found maybe you can get evidence produced somehow. Could make things quite messy. Especially, homeowner low on funds no atty fees to fight in court.  Homeowner didn't reaffirm so it was probably a chapter 7.  Since their walking away the foreclosure needs to be completed unless they want to be haunted with having to pay taxes cause the home remains in their name unless foreclosed on.

I know they foreclose without notifying the 2nd lien holders as well. So maybe getting some negotiation out of the 1st to modify and a reaffirmation would work. If the homeowner has a way to restore their life going forward with stable jobs and wages. May not be as beneficial to you but my two cents. 

Impressed with the website :) Nice to see good reviews ....Definite plus in helping newbies understand the numbers involved in purchasing real estate.

How important is the deal? Most homeowners don't leave a forwarding address.  Visiting the property may or may not help. Tax records may reflect if there's a different mail address. Sometimes people lose one home but have another.  Zabasearch.com may help you find them or relatives that will.  Tel # reversals work sometimes. Run # thru google maybe you'll find new info that way. You will always have ??? in this business. Just like everything else if you don't ask you won't know :)

Well some companies use accurint which is tied to courts and such. Is a paid for service. Zabasearch is a free tool. Sometimes its up to date others not. One time I found an old address on someone that returned a missing child.  Telephone reversals work sometimes. I've even used recent inquiries to fax into a closing. Neighbors and family help the most usually.  Sometimes finding out who owns an address helps. As one may live at an address and another may own it. Think of it I've done it. I used to move over a million a year on non-performing assets taken as a write off. 

It's a shame that no one will assist with such things as EMD, and Appraisal costs. I have an exit that is approved to do a portfolio purchase on Reo properties. Got approved and the person that was supposed to assist with such things spent the money! Ugh :(

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Me, and an associate of mine have been in real estate for a while. I have years of actual asset management experience on charged off accounts rather credit cards, mobile homes, or homes.What has actually happened in this case is an associate said he had funds to assist us. He then subsequently spent such funds without telling us. In the meantime we setup the ability to purchase a portfolio of reos.

In this instance my company would purchase properties at 50% or less. Then double close to my business associate. The friend was supposed to help with down money and appraisal money for us. Down money on each property can depend. Maybe $100 down, or $1,000 down depending on who we purchase from. Appraisals are usually like $400 a piece.

Here is a sample

Purchase Price $139,000
Zillow Value $266,167 52% Ltv
Dbl Close Pur Price $186,000 70% Ltv
Potential Profit To Be Made $ 47,900

 The business associate (exit strategy) that is buying them has already qualified for the financing to do such. The down fall is it's real estate. As there is a chance that they won't appraise for what their saying the value is. So it can also be considered a gamble to some investors.

However, the properties we've picked should carry the value. My business associate is also prepared to have Sears do the remodels on the homes. Some may consider this a bit more expensive. But his theory is they already have people they have qualified to do such work. So that cut's out a lot of issues for us so we can streamline things.

The good thing is with the double close we don't have to wait for the remodel to be done. We get paid upon closing. This purchase will have 44 properties in the pool. They are all primarily on the east coast in NY, and PA.

Depends on what the seller has agreed to do...realtor fees are 6%---looks like their looking for each side to pay part of it.  Although, some negotiate less.

This is a good ???...Commission based jobs seem to be harder to get loans with. The reasoning usually is because of it being commission income could be irregular..However, maybe if your selling a product that is widely bought on a consistent basis and the income hasn't been sporadic you might have a shot. 

I know if it's a w-2 job with commission and your in the same field and the commissions are consistently  of a higher level they will figure it into your income, and dti.

Pacer handles the courts federal cases..If your looking at foreclosures, you can do a name search to see if their in bk or not...Not sure of to many other ways.

I've been looking at residential properties all over for good deals. Except in Texas.  Your realtor must not want you to find some good deals. Foreclosures are good. Some are priced exceptionally low and need rehab work. There are some diamonds in the rough. I've spent most of my weekend finding some exceptional opportunities on homes. If a foreclosure sale has happened and the bank took back the home the taxes had to be paid. If the sale was stopped and not taken then a homeowner is still on the hook for them. If it was a note sale you would have to be responsible for the taxes and any other liens. Foreclosure sale wipes out other liens, banks pay the taxes. Otherwise they will stop sales and leave homes in limbo. 

Now this one might be good if you can get it for the price their advertising it for. Which is $53,000. Found this by looking for REO properties thru Ocwen. https://www.hubzu.com/property/0007092512107-2077-...

Zillow shows foreclosure price of $75,000 They show the value to be $120,000. So 65% of $120,000 is $78,000.