I normally don't go away more than a night or two but with the holidays and winter I tend to have longer times away.

This is their normal COACHING client load.

You normally need $100k as a downpayment for anything.. 

@John Bastidas I’ve dealt with these, but typically the county/city won’t reduce the fines (to usually less than 10%) until After the violations are corrected....which makes it somewhat of a gamble for the buyer.IF they can get the fines reduced and paid off, and the lien removed, prior to your closing....no problem.

There are lenders in Oregon and Washington that will provide funds to bid.you must deposit 20% of the bid amount with them.. so lets say opening bid is 200k you need 40k.they put up the rest.. then they take a security interest in your trustees receipt and put their name on it to protect them.then once the trustee's deed comes they roll it into a normal HML.. with Deed of trust and note.they will also provide the lists and do the bidding for you.. their is a fee for each ala carte component.. so there has to be significant meat in the deal to make this work for the investor.. its a flippin money machine for the lender though. 

Regular employees will likely end up commuting up to an hour into work, that's something that's completely normal around here for people who work near/ around DC.

I was there during normal business hours and there were no cars in the driveway. 

If the buyer is not himself an agent, I don't think there is any law or (normal) contractual provision that prevents a buyer from contacting the seller directly.

They way I see it, this is no different than you gambling 1,200/mo in Vegas. 

My lender said 60 days is normal, with some stretching closer to 90 days.