But the bottomline is that all of us lenders (should be) asset based and all I ever require to get going on a loan is the following:- Address- Purchase Price- Rehab Estimate- ARV Estimate- Pictures (if non online)That is all I need 95% of the time in order to get my clients a pretty good idea of what their preliminary quote would look like.

A title examination  is not for the laymen and usually, a title company will provide you with a "preliminary title examination" at very little cost, usually free, if you are buying your title policy with them after a sale transaction.If you are the winning bid at a tax auction you will be obtaining, usually, a tax certificate, and each state has it's own state laws as to the application for a tax deed.

Please shoot me a message if you're interested, and include the address so that we can get some preliminary information. 

Here's the way I would run preliminary #'s at this:Gross rents (3680 x 12=)  44,160.  

Call three, ask to have preliminary meetings, they should be able to give you a reasonable cost estimate.  

You should be able to find out if liens are attached by asking a title company to do a preliminary search on the property.

I understand and I’m just in the preliminary stage at this point and looking for some general numbers to see if they pencil out before I go farther.

What Greg said above...Also note that there will be a preliminary period during which only owner occupants can bid.  

The problem is I don't yet have the bids yet for the 203K, so I haven't been able to choose a lender yet, since no one wants to run even preliminary numbers without the bids.

The preamble (meaning - a preliminary or preparatory statement; introduction), is the beating heart and the essence of the beginning of a successful transaction.Over the years of Trial and Terror, experimenting with contract clauses, assignments, auctions and legal defenses, and getting offers accepted successfully, I believe that I somehow mastered this art of satisfying the needs of the seller, myself, local laws, judges, lawyers and others who happen to read or challenge my offers.It has always been my belief that a well written contract of sale is akin to a creative work of art, a document that if authored with the weighted words that are clear and concise, I have found it to be an effective tool to contract approval and assignment acceptance.I would like to give you some ideas on how to do that, but in this public forum, I fear the misuse of this information and a potential liability of those attempting to duplicate this system.