Marketing and furnishing is usually a front loaded effort when signing up and posting/staging, with very little maintenance to upkeep. 

Hi Everybody--I've been watching and researching the foreclosure auctions in Hillsborough County (Tampa, FL area) for the last several months and think I'm ready to move to the next stage-- POSSIBLY bidding!

Smart buyers understand the value of a Buyer's agent and it certainly is not just to open doors.  95% of my clients are out of state investors purchasing in a market that they do not know nor live in, they count on me to walk the property, access repairs, provide comps and short term rental numbers, arrange and be present for inspections, as well as my ability to assist them getting their short term rental set up for them long distance.  

We pay for staging.

I'd contact them have them arrange to have someone come out and move the contents into storage so you can get possession of the place. 

These things all said, when we were in the beginning stages of building my portfolio we bought anything that met our criteria. 

Comparing the live-in flip approach to refinancing, the former offers the potential for higher profits through sweat equity but demands significant time and effort for renovations and alternative living arrangements during the process.

There will be a rise of flat fee brokerages (offering limited services) and creative compensation arrangements, such as RE consultants for time or a specific transaction.

Given that the borrower had given us sufficient time to complete the loan processing and clear all title conditions, we were able to arrange the financing with one of our multi-family lenders at a rate that was actually lower than the prevailing rate when the borrower initially contacted us.

How did you find a landlord willing to accept this arrangement?