@Andy GibsonI can go ahead and eliminate 1 and 3 for you.  

The one hosted by Brandon Rush is one of them.I am always game to help individuals and do so without costs.

It's also a good idea to check with the bank ahead of time to see if they have any specific requirements.

If you do those three things in life and business, you're already ahead of the pack ;-)

You think that you hired a specialist and are paying for the corresponding quality, while in reality you might have some under-trained, unmotivated and unsupervised anonymous data entry clerk doing the work, full of costly mistakes and cut corners.Often, low-cost CPAs get overwhelmed with the amount of work they take, resulting in rushed poor quality product and mediocre (or worse) service.

@Michael P.Sure, as long as you don’t mind if I go ahead and increase the list price by 25% first!

If you have all your vendors ready to go ahead of time and ways for them to get into the home if the tenant isn’t there you should be ok. 

I always tell folks if you can find a deal that works for you now with rates where they are then if/when they drop you will be miles ahead.  

The only way I see mitigating these risks is getting the previous owner to waive redemption for $$, not a guarantee ahead of the auction.I did find a case here on BP where the HOA buyer got wiped out a month into the redemption period by the bank foreclosure! 

I appreciate your response and have a great week ahead!!