Depending on who you are talking to. To

from the earlier posts it seems to be costing the owner of the property a months rent to to get the property rented, thats ridiculous.

It is certainly my pleasure to to help investors with the knowledge and tools I have to offer.  

There could also be things lingering out there that you are unaware of that have not attached to the property yet. typically it's a rule of thumb to to not lend to individuals instead Lend to entity to entity it makes the foreclosure process faster.

Seems to me the reporter lucked out, the second sale was the kicker, the title company should never have allowed insured title to pass, even with a special warranty, with a current lien existing as sold subject to to the first buyer, as that buyer was not a party to the original security agreement, his "assumption" required it to be cleared before passing title or have it agreed to by the original seller.

Personally, I have had issues with Farmers, however I have some other contacts I can reach out to to ensure proper coverage with a fair price.

With an escalation clause you are agreeing to pay whatever you need to to outbid an offer up to a certain dollar amount (usually as long as they provide proof of real offers that's up to you or your realtor to verify) However lets say you offer 45k above asking on a $200,000 home.

Or if anything, I could find someone at the bank to talk to to make an offer

Additionally I am a 26 year old single guy I own a 5 bedroom duplex in Bridgewater MA with my sister we both have our own side my side is a 3 bedroom which could be rented out for $1600-$1800 per month and my portion of the mortgage is about $1000 with 120k(ish) in equity on the property (thanks to to bigger pockets).

Assuming the property only needed $10K of renovations done to to make it renter ready and appealing to the renter.