My properties were in Williamson County Texas which has a fairly high foreclosure rate considering how well Texas has been weathering the recession.My last deal:Duetsche Bank Jan 2011Original list 99kList 89kDOM 90+Bid 74, Bank countered 79, agreed on 77 but negotiated 10k off because slab sloped so 67k, 10k in fix up (didn't fix slab as minor) and rented for 1000 monthDeal 2 July 2010HUD list 160k, bid 139k the first day it went to investor bid and was the only bid. (8k Tax credit had expired) Bid accepted

Assuming I have MLS access for the subject property:To get an idea of ballpark value (within 5%) to determine whether or not the property warrants further consideration: About 90 seconds.To be very confident of my value (within 2%): About 7-8 minutes.Bear in mind, I only know two counties and only very specific pockets of those two counties.

I am thinking of letting the one originally tied up with the RE agent go but filing a memorandum of contact with the county clerk and recorders office tomorrow morning on the other property that had nothing to do with the agent and enforce the contract.

Getting allot of site errors, cant even contact Joshua about them, Had to re join just to reply to posts.As far as some of the questionsStrip center is 25 years old, I keep everything maintained, I always have people asking if I have space.My parcel is all flat, anything that isn't building or parking lot I had graded and seeded with grass, it is kept weed free, cut, and its like a park like setting. the 24 acre parcel has hills, and wet areas that DNR wont let be touched.I don't need to sell, but also know if the corner develops my site is worth much more, so if I hinder it I shoot myself in the foot.One developer brought up an easement to me for an entrance, his question was would I GRANT him an easement, not sell him one,that was back when a large food chain wanted the corner, he was going to develop it and then lease it to them( pick n save), not sure if I can name them.Anyway I got skidish with developers and brokers, they would call and want to meet at the local StarBucks, try and get me to tell them what it would take for me to sell, tell me they were going back to draft up an offer, I would never hear back, one local broker drafted up an offer to purchase, the offer was transferable, it was full of errors the city wasn't right, the county wasn't right, it was just a mess, so much that I began to think the commercial real estate world was full of shysters.I had a broker list my site for lease a few years back, asked me if I wanted to sell because of the corner being up for sale, I said maybe it all depends, so to make a long story as short as possible, he would tell potential Tennant' that I was thinking of selling, so not to depend on long term leases, then tells me lets just list it for sale, its not leasing out !

Just north of you, in south Oakland County, we get 1-2 calls a day off of signs and haven't had a vacancy longer than a couple of weeks.

I live in California, and the houses are in Oklahoma County.

Though the business was not registered with the State, she did have a county business license.

My name is Denise and I'm from Union County NJ.

After that happened I had the time to scout out a county that is about 150 miles away from my primary, and purchase a foreclosure more than DOUBLING my investment.

The banks are still informed that they are going to potentially lose their interest in the property and they can pay off the lien to keep it, but the state/county/city needs to be able to collect the property taxes and this is the best way for them to do that.It is in the best interest of the public for tax liens to be superior to mortgage liens.