It’s honestly a waste of my time and resources if I’m bringing along market experts such as contractors, agents and photographers and getting detailed information for the buyer, if they’re just going to walk it themselves out of fear.That’s the reason I quoted the book, that paragraph resonated with me and THOSE are the type of buyers that I need to work with; they know exactly what they want, they’re serious and let numbers and “proof” guide their judgement, not emotion.

It is ESPECIALLY important in this townhome that's built on a crawlspace because it has a $15K encapsulation system underneath the building that protects the crawlspace and most importantly pumps water out because it's in a weird almost flood zone type of area... only gets bad when it rains heavy, and boy does it rain heavy here.   

I will definitely do some reading and use my best judgement when looking for tenants.

@Kolton Lynch hey brother, I’m going through a buyout at work, I won’t have quite as much cash as you, but I am going to try and fire up marketing in my town and just make it rain deals.

You have to distance your current self from whatever it is, a bankruptcy, a foreclosure, 90 day lates, judgements, collections or whatever.  

Don't work with any lender that you can't do a thorough vetting of yourself whether via verifying references, reviews, etc or using your best judgement. 

Block out the noise, settle on ONE strategy to start, and have faith in your judgement. 

Will you hear the rain crackling on it at night?

Obviously this was also a breach of their mortgage deed as there is no evidence the owner obtained permission from Wells Fargo to transfer ownership to their trust.The Lis Pendens was served to both the owner and the living trust, however the actual foreclosure judgement only named the owners and not the living trust.So technically the living trust still has ownership on the title as the foreclosure judgement omitted naming it.My lawyer said Wells Fargo may need to do a strict foreclosure on the living trust to clear the title unless they can provide some sort of documentation the trust was included.Wells Fargo had the property listed on their REO website, had a realtor list it on MLS etc.

Safety ought to be our number one priority when it comes to where we spend repair dollars, IMO.I say fix the property if necessary and wait to make a judgement on the tenant after they have been given a chance to show their colors.