If you go in to him shaking in your boots, then he may really see what he can get away with, so go with confidence.

After alot of research I have finally narrowed my search to Atlanta for the reasons you stated and more(ruled out FL, NV, TN, AZ) and booked my tickets tonight to come down in July to check things out.

If you are planning on foreclosing on the property to then fix and flip- you might be better off with lottery tickets.

I think I am going to try it this round anyway but was wondering if anyone had tried any real world comparisons.

I made a ticket for this one.

I am to the point that when a client calls and wants to view a HUD Home I refer them to another agent in my office , I have submitted full price offers on HUD Homes and had them rejected I was told that broker commision is not included in the list price for some HUD homes , the listing agent commision is 3% or 1250 whichever is greater while the buyers agent commision is the same but we can negotiate our side down , My question is have any other agents had any problems with the HUD Bid Process, I feel like it really forces the buyer to go directly through the listing agent since there commision is pre-set they can get away with offering less with a greater net to HUD , I will stick with the Fannie Mae & Reos !

Nail down those rehab costs as this can get away from you.

It's amazingly close to where we live, so self managing it will not be an issue.Surely there's a market for a getaway rental that's close to everything, yet has the look and feel of being far from all the hustle and bustle.

I simply do my thing, list and market, get interested offers, go the negotiation rounds, and once I accept an offer I simply set the closing date for the 91st day (and it almost always coincides with when they could make closing) and it is done.

The backyard of the foreclosure I bought is a disaster--there is literally no grass, just weeds that I temporarily removed with Round Up, and a few trees near the fence.