Every new investor hits roadblocks, but it’s how you respond that makes the difference. 

@Jonathan Greene @Jay Hinrichs @Nicholas L. short sales are almost always done through RE agents and are a major pain the butt if the lender servicer wont respond in a timely fashion.Pre foreclosure you dont use and agent but if your talking NY I think and not totally sure but I think only an attorney can draft the Deed transfering title .

There is no shortage of people getting into Sub to's that do not know how or trying to make a buck without knowing the risk.If you worked for a servicer (Wells Fargo, Chase etc.) which all they do is collect funds and do not own the loan, and you went to your boss and said I am going to foreclose on these preforming loans because the deed changed names, I would guess you would no longer work for the Servicer any longer, remember the person who invest in the hedge funds is just looking for a long term return on their investment they can care less who is making the payment, just want the payment to be preforming.But if the uneducated investor did not do your insurance correct, or did not work with the seller to make sure they are not the one who the Servicer calls with questions or the seller is lead to believe his or her name will be off the loan, or the investor just does not respond to any question the servicer has, all can go bad in a hurry.I talk to Servicers often, they are just looking for comfort and communication. 

Because see, they've got a script & the software to tell them how to respond to tenants & owners, what the cost of a repair or appropriate vacancy rate should be, etc... see where this is going?

There should be an automatic double-lifetime BP ban for the offender, as well as anyone who responds to the thread—and maybe their entire family and all friends.

I don't see how they relate to wanting to educate myself or asking for reading recommendations. .I was responding to your comment: "if I get involved in any sub to deals"Education is always great, and subject to is legal as long as it's done legally.Here is how it is set up if you do it wronglySince law is is difficult for some people, let me be more clearThere are various codes that can be violated when buying properties (the definitions are easy to find with a quick search)Equity skimmingEquity strippingForeclosure RescueMortgage FraudShort SellingFalse StatementsWire FraudBank Fraud and so onhere's a sample12 U.S.

They respond thanking for me for keeping them informed.  

Thank you Adam, John, and Theresa for taking the time to respond.

I responded before to a very similar comment to yours"I love this perspective and totally believe that many people suffer form this.

But as word got out about this a local reporter reached out to Top Golf who responded they didn't want to build there, so that empty threat really backfired on them....