It's no guarantee but it's a good place to start.

Quote from @Patrick M Nichols: Cogo is a total scam... lots of fees on the front end.

An other advantage of paying with credit card may be that you will not have to send the provider a 1098 tax form (only an issue if the total yearly amount is over $800). 

You're totally right—making a schedule with all the important dates on it is very helpful!

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On the other hand if you wanted the total investment to be $200K it would most likely be a condo or townhouse. 

I might be totally wrong in my thinking, what am I missing?

You've signed up for one PIA if the owner is still in the house.One way to tippie toe into this is to hook up with short sale agents and start working with them offering to door knock the NOD folks. 

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@Adam Newman yeah, not understanding your statements, "I have $50k plus about 7k in the bank" and "take out a loan and go in with 20% from the start?".