They are showing people around and collecting info.Now, a smart sales person will be able to work with the people who arrive more than just a host.

Although I should be able to collect any expenses I incurred during the buying process.

Typically, any payment goes first to pay attorney collection/foreclosure fees, second to satisfy late fees, and last to pay delinquent maintenance.

Does that include collecting rents, screening tenants, marketing for new tenants, and making any types of repairs or regular maintenance?

Most have staff that visit the county every day to compile this list.The reason they will share the data is because they do not sell data per say.

In all cases what I've done first is send them a letter stating what I will do and that while I may not get any money as a result of reporting the forgiven debt as income, I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that they'll now owe a % of that money to an agency of the government that:Never forgets,Never forgives,Is relentless in collecting,and that the debt to the IRS is NOT forgiveable in bankruptcy.I've got a very high collection rate on those letters.

I think quality would be very important in an answering service, not just for the answers you get but the mood that you put potential sellers in; somebody who is subjected to a disinterested person making nearly minimum wage is not going to be flattered by such an obvious service gathering their data!

These are drive by appraisals.As properties sell the data will be re-evaluated and properties that are outside of the expected range will have their appraisal updated.Some wonder how you can check every property even if just from the street.

When it came time to collect our excess proceeds the holder of the first balked, then when pushed, returned us a smaller amount, claiming that further accounting showed more costs then they revealed to us before the auction.

This really means you have to value correctly what you want and you need to be willing to pay for it.If you want to do your own comps there are services that provide the data to the MLS organizations.