Sometimes you get lucky.You could even bring up the subject of seller financing (search online for ideas of how to structure a seller financed offer), and make sure a competent real estate attorney helps write the offer documents (if it gets that far). 

Dumb question - but are these auctions online only, or in-person? 

The city wants to tear the property and surrounding properties down Zillow said it’s worth 38000The city offer me 13000.I could use some adviceHard to give advice with limited information, but as a general rule, the longer you wait and the further down the line their project is the more valuable your property will be to them.Zillow (and all automatic online) estimates are very unreliable, so don't base on that.

I can provide him with an online log in so he can review the books from his office.

That is online with what we’ve been paying when we were able to find help.

Do you use a “book” for information or an online service ?

@Jorge Vazquez we stopped doing signs over 10 years ago.We had a separate phone number on our signs, so were able to track traffic & applications from them.We were getting more & BETTER leads from our online ads then the signs - so an easy choice to stop using them (also time & money savings).

Quote from @Michael Smythe: @Tuan Tran don't fall for all the hype about S8 by so called online "gurus"!

How should I calculate the ROI considering I really only put $40,000 in the deal with out of pocket cash and my 401k loan is like a hard money loan on the side?

i called a number I found on line and it was his personal number he said and he not working for Rad.