How do you finance pre-foreclosure lead?

Vetting and screening vendors, ensuring your vendors are licensed and insured, maintain all necessary permits and licenses, maintaining appropriate insurance,  requiring vendors to list the deed holder as additional insured, execute contracts with indemnification clauses, being an active owner or have a PM who is actively checking on your properties to ensure there are no premises liability issues or property conditions that could lead to claims.

Did it lead to more damage to the furniture/property and end up lowering your ROI?

The area has seen above inflation rates of appreciation for the last three years, and there is significantly more demand for housing than there is supply, leading some companies to create their own housing for their employees.

Often there is not enough sealant around the bolts that are put in and not having proper drain lines to lead away from the roof itself leads to ponding.

Reading this then lead me to try and find ways to invest my money.

@Paul De Luca - Thanks for sharing about the lead program. 

For me, the very last thing is marketing on BP for whatever "leads", I leave myself open for such but it's not a focus at all.

So essentially depending on your timing you will need (2) things in your favor to do that lower rates, and enough equity.In some cases having an interest only rate is not a good thing because it can and it does create comfort which can lead to bad habits of not paying the principal down.

I am in Baltimore and lead paint lawsuits are a big issue.