Of course we receive many pieces of stamped mail that have never been postmarked, so that is another complication.

The reason some banks "disclose" their maximum bids is to discourage bidders running the bids up, if they're not going to reach the bank's "disclosed" maximum bid, because if they take the property back with the "high bid" they have to pay auction fees/doc stamps of 2.2% on the final bid price.

Not much to get excited about here... but you probably won't lose your shirt either.

He shows up immediately when my tenant leaves according to the time stamps on the camera and the one time he did get in a winfmdow and triooed the alarm.The house is almost fort knox now.

Make sure you inspect the accepted offers thoroughly and re-negotiate or back out if you are about to lose your shirt in rehab.

In Florida we have doc stamp fees that are due when there is a transfer of title so my title company sends the doc stamp fees directly to the state and then there is no record of a transfer at the county clerks office. 

And our mailers cost the price of a stamp. 

However, it would be wise for investors to consider making appropriate changes as the market shifts to ensure they won't lose their shirts.

Also... as a side note, be wary of advice you might get from agents/brokers/PMs in a thread like this or elsewhere... while they do have experience and knowledge, in most cases they stand to make $$$ from you whether you make a killing or lose your shirt! 

If you rely on any general "rule" to buy any property you may luck out without any other analysis or, you could lose your shirt because you didn't use your own pencil running the numbers based on your market, property valuations with comp sales, knowing labor and material costs, know the financing and holding costs as well as the costs of the transactions.