If you are frequently being outbid then that is just part of the game.

Then we had a "flood" from where the hose in the back of the fridge had busted and my daughters room, kitchen, bathroom, hallway, hallways closet and my bedroom closet all had water under carpets and the came and vacuumed, twice and i have work orders for that then lastly i went to go get a pair of shoes i hadn't wore in a week or two and there was mold all over my shoes in the closet!

Furthermore, without a Premium account, the most frequent you can get notified of a new listing is weekly.  

If you're getting replies and frequently then you're doing everything correctly.

Many multiple offer scenarios, and we are frequently confronted with the cash vs financed offers.

I don't have much grass so need someone who works frequently in the area. 

When the property is not listed it means it is in contract You did not have to wait for the price drop HUD is done by bids so you can have made your best offer regardless of listing price.Still keep any eye out for the property because they frequently fall out of escrow due to the fact any little buyer mistake HUD will cancel the deal..Zillow is a couple of weeks behind in their information so you should contact the listing agent for status 

Check with your QI as I'd have to imagine they handle this specific question quite frequently.

This frequently is a case of overly optimistic investors looking at a deal from a best case scenario.

If you've been in CA for any length of time, too, I'm sure that you are well aware of how lawsuit-happy a lot of people are to start with.The state is *so* tenant-friendly that that was one of the big reasons I chose to sell my house there when I left rather than rent it out.I'm not a lawyer but a person who once faced some real issues with a landlord making frequent unauthorized entry, among other things, so I had to learn the law very quickly.