There’re some complications going on in Bay Area. 

When they’re ready, it will be on the mls or an REO auction site.  

I’m very familiar with the market the listing I’m considering is in.I’ve had my realtor walk the property and FaceTime me.I’m ready to proceed in making an offer on Xome.com but have never used an auction site before.

hey, new to this site, amazing work you are doing here, every time i step in to ask a question i got ton of valueable responses, really great. i have suggestion i think can benefit everybody, having the ability to "star" a message in the forums.many times i read through the forum finding a really good insightful post, which has many things i would like to keep in mind for the future, i would have been great if it was able to mark/star the post and have a page with links to all the posts i previously starred. something to keep in mind..

His site is https://mercercpas.com/He's not specialized in RE but he is in general a good CPA that communicates with you and works with you through issues. 

Don’t make this complicated.  

Have them book through the site so that you get credit for their stay and their review.

@Kamira CollierGreat that you joined the site!

I've devoured loads of information from this site over the past week, listened to lots of podcasts and ordered recommended books.

Here is the guide. http://preservation.lacity.org/sites/default/files...I am going to hire someone to do it for me.