I have some of it figured out, but I definitely don't have everything nailed down.

@Johnathan Williams, you nailed it! 

@Andrew Neal you nailed it.... its billed as the "no money" way into real estate.

This house is plaster as opposed to drywall used in modern construction.The carpenter would nail the slats to the studs and then apply plaster.    

pretty much nailed it.. but to be frank foreclosures in 90% of states are at record lows and will continue that way.. as mortgages written the last 10 years are much stronger than the previous mortgages.. there will always be foreclosures but its not nearly the volume it was 7 to 10 years ago.. or even prior to 08 melt down.

The bill places a 5% cap on such finders's fees, the same amount allowed for other kinds of unclaimed funds."

@Lou LaMedica I'd have to say @James Wise hit the nail on the head. 

Its a little tricky but once you nail it down you will be investing in real estate without any of the hassel of actually investing. 

I am currently looking for a STR in Palm Springs and really trying to nail down expenses.  

So again, we are using a business practice that works which is limited by how much it can scale, and that once again puts a hard cap on how many units we can run successfully and how passive this business can really be for us.