During the transition, I became an accidental landlord, which has been a good experience because I was blessed with perfect tenants.

If you're not comfortable doing your own title research then you're probably not ready for these type of auctions, you can make huge mistakes and lose a lot of money very quickly (see the posts on here about people that accidentally bought 2nd's and HOA foreclosures without knowing what they were doing).  

Otherwise you're going to be hard-pressed to find what you're looking for. 

You never know who they know and peoples financial situations change daily, both good and bad.Keep pressing on, and good luck on your endeavors

This move was discovered accidentally and the comment period had only a few days left when the groups mentioned above had to frantically push other things aside to get the comments in within the commentary period. 

My name is Patty and I am an accidental buy and hold investor venturing into new REI areas.California is my home. 

Rule #4Besides the $250,000 fine and 5 years in jail penalties, if you read the Dodd Frank law, you'll also see that if in the first 3 years, the tenant buyer presses that and gets an attorney who can read the law, and you've violated Rules 1, 2, 3, 4 or any of the other hundreds of rules in DF or Safe Act, then your toast, as you have to give back all the money paid to you and you just rented the house for 3 years RENT FREE, and you could be fined and go to jail. 

So we accidentally successfully did a flip! 

Until a week later, the green start light came on again which mean if you press the start button, the machine would start right up. 

It's simply about finding the right deal...As for REO's, you will be pressed to find any in the 80K market unless it is in the lower income neighborhoods.