Hello,I was wondering can a buyer sell or refinance a home that has been "subject to" were the seller couldnt make the payments anymore.

I had accepted the deposit but before lease signed there were a few red flags.

He says it will draw red flags or something. 

Would you still consider bidding or are these red flags of a scary money pit?  

Then you can collect passive interest on the way down and sell for a capital gain when interest rates bottom out again.If the market is head down for let's say five years, I would avoid dividend income from stocks, because the capital loss will probably put you in the red, unless you can hold til the top of the next cycle.If you find true passive income with low risk and little capital (assuming you have student loans like myself), please LET ME KNOW :)

Red flags from the beginning.

If you have a fantastic relationship with a contractor, it might be workable, but other than that, that's going to be a big red flag to 99% of more buyers. 

I suspect that we will all be waiting a lifetime to see rates back to were they were 2 to 4 years ago.. so I would not bank on that.. as for pricing.. if its a place to live then you certainly can just wait and see.. its not like your homeless or need to move other than you don't care for your neighbors.. markets always slow about now.. what will be telling in my mind is were we are at next Feb March April in the buying season as it were.I was in a conference this week here in Vegas and some of the speculation is that many of the commercial type loans that had 5 , 7 and 10 year calls  are going to stress those that had max leverage.. as the rates rise the cap rates rise to keep pace thereby devaluing the properties.. to the point some of these investors are going to need to bring some to significant amount of fresh capital to pay down their debt to get a refi.. and that will stress those assets and there could be a real buying opp in that sector.. at least that's what I gleaned from the talk I listened to yesterday... hope you find that dream home in the country !!!

STRs were such a gold rush when they first started, but government red tape and bureaucracy could be putting a wet cloth on it.Does anyone here have experience fighting local governments on the constitutional right to use your property as an STR?

Also, @Daniel Kong, I am more of a "red" kind of guy ha.