You also need to check the title to see what is going on.You can buy after the auction from the winning bidder.

And simply explain to him that he's in a very unprotected position if this fiasco continues.

First i would think about what it will take cost and labor to strip/patch/sand,stain and finish the floors stripper and sanding pads will add up unless its an exotic wood, I personaly would simply lay new hardwood or laminate flooring down you can find all styles sizes colors types of wood and most are prefinished and are extremly easy to instiall, some are glueless and nailess.

I doubt it.Sell it and take the win on appreciation.

Simply getting the mortgage payment to a level that will allow cash flow is not the objective.

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It's rather simple...a short sale and two REOs sold for about 90% listing price with no allowance for repairs.Versusoffers have been starting out around 70-75% ARV minus repairs Explainsstill no dealIt seems to me that you may be hoping to get lucky; in the same way that someone buys a lottery ticket; Someone's Got To Win, Right?

Hello everyone, I’m very interested in getting into the real estate investing field, so all I’ve been doing lately is acquiring some basic creative purchasing and financing tactics I could use to help out motivated sellers and myself, it’s a true win/win.So my questions are:1- I know this question depends on the seller’s needs and my financial ability, but under what perfect conditions should I try to utilize each creative tactic (subject-to, lease options, contract of deed, straight options, and owner financing)2- What contracts I must use and have signed when utilizing each creative tactic (subject-to, lease options, contract of deeds, straight options, and owner financing)3- Once the appropriate contracts are used/signed for each tactic, what are the following steps I must take; now I’m not talking about the complete a-z steps.

If I were going to use this method, I would simply knock on the door and ask them if their house is for sale and how much they want?

WH.....this is good, but again i am thinking on a couple things here, only wanting to make things flow as simply as possible with little to no gliches at the end of the transaction....i'll try to explain what i mean and maybe i'm speaking for many out there that are making some attempt to find success in this endeavor....in regard only to a short sale transaction the following occurs:property owner (let's call this person the "seller") allows for an individual (let's call this person the "buyer") to "purchase" the property merely for the sake of the "buyer" moving forward to deal with the loss mit people at the lender.as time moves along, this "buyer" gets written confirmation of the lender accepting the "price" offered via the customery HUD-1.now let's say for illustration purposes the "approved" price the lender has agreed to is $250000, the value of the property seems to be in the neighborhood of $350000 and the "buyer" wants to "double escrow" this bad boy for $300000 (generating a clean $50K profit)......in this illustration/scenario the question remains: "what is the cleanest, simplist" way to accomplish this?