It's not like I was blindly hoping that I could get more than others, I really felt like people weren't getting their properties worth and that I could do better.

Think if I'm the seller, standard contract is you agreed to buy at $x with the right to a blind assignment. 

Can also lose this with 1 spot if you jump in blind and some bad luck.I started managing accounts for guys, expanded to rental arbitrage, expanded to different markets to even cashflows in high and low seasons.

Quote from @Steve Hodgdon: Blindly trusting an attorney isn't always the best answer.

@Allan R.Your property manager's a blind fool at his job.

You know know exactly what repairs need to be done (if any) and you can simply close the blinds or cover up your windows so other investors aren't trying to peek in and preview it.

The Cash money upfront can blind you to other things (in my opinion) .

I can't tell you how many people lost their homes and credit by letting someone take sub too who either was an out and out crook from the start or just a bumbling newbie that got in over their head because they read about this strategy on BP and have little money and talk a good game and talk some unsophisticated seller into doing this.. the blind leading the blind...  

Agree with others on trash hauling also we purchase blinds @ HD for $6 per window, a whole house costs less than $200.

I conclude the following- (if I’m incorrect I hope that someone out there who knows what you’re doing and who is still reading at this point, will chime in):- Auction.com does not allow showings of the properties it auctions and prospective buyers are "BIDDING BLIND” as someone on the forum posted.- You must abide by the required bidding increment in place at the time of bidding- I couldn't bid up in an increment less that 10K.- Forgive me wanting verification of what may be obvious, the purpose of the lowering of the required bidding increment, particularly in the closing minutes, was to prompt more bidding and drive up the bid price