If I can buy a property at the right price or terms and hold it or fix and flip and I make a profit, everybody wins.  

I have been investing in Central Iowa for five years and have had a number of wins and losses.  

I totally agree that one transaction doesn't dictate whether a person knows how to succeed in investing, because so much could turn a winning investment into a loser and be out of the control of the investor.

If I bid and win one of these auctions of the Bank's first loan, what happens to the other Certificate of Title that the other party is holding from the prior HOA Forecloseure?

So far, we've done a conventional mortgage to purchase and then financed the rehab with mostly personal money and credit cards. 

For all my Austin folks out there... what's the craziest deal you've closed, and how did you win it?

Plaintiffs are Condo Associations etc.Whats the outcome of winning this bid?

So if you have the time could you let me know where or if I'm doing anything wrong. the comps I pulled are from Zillow on the closest properties to the addresses I can find.Property Card says the property is wroth 589k at 1,201sqft 3beds/2bathsthese are the properties that have sold in the area1)$542k 1099sqft 3beds/2baths2)$475k 1445sqft 3beds/3baths3)$565k 1859sqft 4beds/4bathsthe areas price per sqft is $415, so to get the comps as close as possible I'm taking the sqft and multiplying by the average sqft of the area to make up for the area sqft of the properties and then I'm adding or subtracting to the prices the properties sold for for a new price of...1)$583,3302)$373,7403)$292,000these are the new prices I get now to my untrained eyes?

Try the school bulletin board with tear-off phone number cards, and be sure you are listing on all the available listings sites (zillow, trulia, apartments, rentpath, etc).

If you have any credit card debt, use the HELOC to consolidate your credit card debt (don't acquire any more debt), which will increase your credit score and reduce the interest rate on your new home.