It opened my eyes to the associated risk, closing escrow before the sale. 

When we start out we will be focusing on growing the property management side of the company but the broker wants to do sales on the side within the brokerage until we decide to build that portion out. 

Question:Now that the auction sale has occurred, is it possible for the holder of the junior deed of trust to sell / assign / grant the junior deed of trust so the redemption rights can be exercised to purchase the property?  

Should I fire my realtors for this particular sale?

@Andrew Postell hit the nail on the head when it comes to lending and sales.

Looking for any guidance on ways to get info on pre foreclosure, foreclosed, and short sale properties.

Keep in mind if you have a mortgage on it, the loan might be called because of the Due on sale clause. 

Usually you can add additional support and fix this problem but I did run into one house where there was a single center support running through the middle of the house that was entirely rotted and the only way to get a new support of the appropriate length in would have been to take out a portion of the basement and first floor walls.

Spreadsheets don't paste well here, but here is what I'm looking for: Net CFs From Investment 1yr exit Net CFs From Investment 3yr exit Net CFs From Investment 5yr exit Exit Price Gain on Sale Cap Rate IRR Estimated Exit Price/Gain on Sale - 1 Yr Annualized IRR - 1 Yr Estimated Exit Price/Gain on Sale - 3 Yr Annualized IRR - 3 Yr Estimated Exit Price/Gain on Sale - 5 Yr Annualized IRR - 5 Yr Thanks!

Also, if you are interested in sales, why not just get your real estate license?