If I bid and win on one of these auctions and there is no other foreclosure pending, do I get Title to the property and then negotiate with the lender to assume the existing mortgage?

I was considering being an agent because it would put me in the community, while potentially honing my skills and relationships while earning a solid income to invest pending my results.

www.costar.com/article/249461865/jury-finds-brokers-conspire...A jury in Kansas City awarded almost $1.8 billion in reimbursements to Missouri home sellers who accused the National Association of Realtors and some residential real estate brokerages of unnecessarily driving up the cost of home sales because of their long-running practice of buyer and seller agents splitting commissions.The more than $1.78 billion awarded by the jury will be trebled, or effectively tripled, so the damages total almost $5.4 billion, pending appeals.

When it comes to Houston / DFW area, not many 4plex have been listed, but many have in pending.

A common source of Subject To deals is people in distress (foreclosure) who have a pending sale date.

I will track properties up until they are pending sale on Zillow, Redfin, etc, but I can never seem to find what the property actually closed for.

I will track properties up until they are pending sale on Zillow, Redfin, etc, but I can never seem to find what the property actually closed for.

Finding a great deal is a lot easier when you are very familiar with the market and have watched it for a long time.The most successful RE investors are constantly analyzing their markets even when a purchase for them is not pending.

I am a realtor so I work for clients and myself as an investor (own a few singles, and few smaller apartments, also developed condos (sold), now pending develop single house and apartment with partner). but my cpa and cpa friend told me even I am real estate professional, I can’t offset the passive loss from syndication deal because it is passive loss.

Outside of that I'd say I think even if your plan is to sell to a rehab-buyer you need to run the numbers yourself so that i.) you better know whether anyone will touch this or ii.) so that you can incorporate your numbers into your pitch to buyers.I would try and estimate pending housing appreciation rate.