I get the tax write offs, depreciation, cash flow, principal pay down and I get a big chunk of additional cash when they exercise the Option.You can do these too if you are interested and this is the best time of year to find off market, Subject To deals for great prices.

The amount of appreciation of the meet ups, passed down knowledge, and exercises that push you out of your comfort zone for growth is special. 

Hi everyone.I’ve been trying to exercise doing neighborhood analysis as I work to refine my investing strategy.

That amount gets applied to the purchase when the buyer finally exercises the option down the road.

Keep exercising due diligence and use common sense and you will be fine.

So this more an intellectual exercise than anything that is going to come true.

I will most likely not go forward with my money but will continue to communicate with the servicer as an exercise.  

But, it's not right for everyone.Actually, it's much more involved than even a brilliant laymen can figure out with certainty or economically, it's not just a financial exercise but a risk assessment of succeeding or not, estate planning issues, being realistic about beneficiaries and their real needs, understanding how insurance can be used in the future.

Simon Campbell, I think what he's trying to ask is if he lets the auction go through (he is not a bidder), then buys the "right of redemption" from the owner -- basically, dealing with the owner who was foreclosed on, not the winning bidder, having a side deal so he gives the owner funds to buy the property back for the $30K plus fees, then they deed the property over to him for whatever fee he guaranteed the owner to exercise his right to redeem.

If we prop prices up above that long term trend, I think we're just delaying the point when prices do reach the long term trend line, and resume appreciation.That said, its probably less painful to hold nominal (non-inflation adjusted) prices flat and let the trend line catch up than to let them continue to fall.If its clear that a house is a place to live and not a fabulous money making investment, then maybe at least some buyers will exercise some restraint.Like I said before, I think it would be worthwhile to figure out what sort of buyers and properties fall under this program, and target my fix and flips that way.