Purchase price: $23,000 Cash invested: $16,000 Sale price: $63,000 This was a nice property that I got from the auction put a little work in it and flip it fast!

You could always run your own comparables on homes in the area that have sold near buy or are for sale.

Sure we would all like to time things perfectly when the cycle dips/there’s a crash, but if you are planning to hold long term it’s very different than flippers who have houses when the market crashes and “are playing musical chairs and don’t have a chair”.

So me and the father in law just had a discussion about putting a house under a sales contract.

For example if i'm trying to build my buyers list and I call a RE agent to look into the MLS and find me recent cash sales on houses and provide me with that information, how does that benefit them?

I've watched videos on how to target tax delinquent properties and I have found how to access properties on the tax deed sales list (from Max Maxwell and other notable investors).

First tax sale property I bought was a 5 acre lot in a huge development that had originally sold for something like $80,000. 

and now there is FIRTA which requires tax withholding on sales by non-residents/non-US citizens.Here's a list of popular countries, with restrictions:United States--- Purchases in some areas can require disclosure of principals and FIRTA withholding at sale time approximately 15%.United Kingdom--- 3% stamp duty on investment buyers and 15% tax if bought in name of shell company.Thailand--- Foreigners cannot buy freehold land....and only 49% (foreign quota) of certain condo projects. 

But if you are looking at the same property I am that they have for sale...the hoarder house.

Sounds like this may be a short sale.