At the end of the day, what are the downside risks if I chose to use a hard money loan to conduct repairs in order to re-fi out of the hard money loan?

You need to learn how to conduct your own title search.Look forward to spending much quality time at the recorder's office.

[b].They update their website twice a day and it is FREE to join.they also conduct education, support and network thru webinars as well as LIVE meetings.Cheers!

I'v bought and sold three homes over the last 25 years, but they have all been conventional deals through realtors with closings conducted at title companies.

It all depends on the laws governing that Tax Sale.In any case, you can either have a title search conducted on the property prior to your purchase/bidding, or afterwards (if you are sure you are going to bid-on the property).

While most lenders and dealers/contractors use this program responsibly, HUD urges consumers to use caution in choosing and supervising home repair dealers/contractors conducting Title I repair/renovation work.

If any loan is made in violation of that written policy it is basically a stike against them in following prudent lending practices even if it was a great loan, it's still in vilation of the way the bank said they would conduct business.

Sheriff sales in Ohio are conducted under the principle of caveat emptor!

So after tooling around these forums for a while, conducting many searches, and reading a lot of posts I have seen something that has come up often but not yet been addressed (please correct me if I'm wrong).Everyone says you MUST buy properties at HUGE discounts.

Manish,Why are you conducting this research?