Hey there Jon-If you follow the link below you will get confirmation that US citizens can own property in Mexico!

The guy I worked with is a reputable software developer/ trader.

I've already checked with the county clerk's office and confirmed there are no outstanding leans besides the one on each that is foreclosing but I can't close on either because the residents aren't there to close with, the banks haven't taken possesion yet so they won't talk to me, and while I can get preapproved for a loan to get one of the houses, the bank won't supply the money until I have contract in hand, which means I can't use the money at auction.

yardi is a very good software system. never used it myself, but the company I was with used skyline. and it serveed my needs, and I think the parners were using it forever is why they liked it.

That's a very interesting data point for short sale investors.There's a huge opportunity for someone to come up with software to make this process easier.

You should be able to accurately confirm many of the expenses you're currently estimating as well as the repair costs from a thorough walk-thru, before you move forward.

Those are usually the keys for bringing up deed records online for a county websiteThen you would need to hire a person (or do it yourself) to use automated web scraping software to pull the change in deed ownership and sale from the county website.

I am trying to get all the data I can so that I can guard myself against falling for confirmation bias, then, once I pick my ideal market, I will take my next steps.

Then he decided to get greedy so I had to cut him out...being that he also uses an automated software to do taxes... but of course you don't also use an automated accounting software.....As far as a doctors opinion, WebMD anyone?

Buddy,Thanks for the help.It was from the Property Condition Report.I'm going to go look at the house and confirm condition.