Redemption is only a major risk if the record owner claims defective notice and $50K + equity at stake.The way I work these is to skip trace and buy any and all rights for redemption and I also claim overbid, thereby working both sides like a Russian Military Arms dealer.

Yeah I want to try and work under someone for starters I might be able to get some contacts too, I have a cousin in Fort Wayne, he was doing real estate there when he was about 25 years old he had multi million dollar deal going on building a whole area of like 250 homes for low cost living, but the lady he was working with at the Bank was some Russian woman or something, & she stole all the money when the deal was going down and left the country and my cousin was under fraud investigation by the FBI that got dropped after 5 years or so, But i'm sure he knows some of the locals that are reputable. 

Given that I'll be living in this property I do not want to buy in Mountain View, Fairview, Russian Jack, and certain parts of Muldoon.

Some people on here probably wouldn't want to spend the time like I did, but it was worth it to me.The owner was Russian and didn't speak much English.

While thats a great book from Gordon, if you don't know what you are doing is like walking on a mind field or playing Russian roulette. 

As famous Russian proverb says - morning is wiser than night - this morning when I looked at the problem it was very clear that, of course, I should stay with my agent.Also the owner who is selling an apartment called me , he is an investor himself, he bought an apartment from the bank, fixed it and selling it.

Hi All,My 61-year old father recently signed a lease with a 40-year-old Russian woman who had recently moved to America on a tourist visa and started working illegally ((he did not find this out at the time).

Vallejo, Sacramento, Russian River areas.I'm happy to meet as well. 

@Ethan CookeEthan - I took a slightly diff approach than yours, and I buy condo in Pac Height and Russian Hills....

Russians are going home and selling thei houses.