I don't have time or find the need to do a title search on each property.John Thanks John, from my other auctions I do know that the winning bid does erase all previous liens on the property, however after asking the office about this particular auction they said no, you have to check the records for other possible liens that I might be responsible for. 

I feel like we have a lot of overseas investors combined with a lot of office space being built in SF and the Peninsula without enough new housing to keep up but another bubble burst like 2001 or 2008 and a lot of people could be in trouble.

I can get the exact amount owed from the count assessors office?

I've read that you can find leads on local tax assesors websites, probate and inherited properties accessible to the public at probate court offices, or work with an agent who has access to expired listings from MLS.

We went thru 3 crews on 2 projects to finds a couple of good workers that we can build with.

I grew up in Lapeer and an old mentor from my boy scout days is a great broker with an office downtown.

West coast we are still able to get em done in 30 days start to finish but boy I have a hard time having that happen in other states.. especially attorney driven closing states were the buyer and seller each hire their own attorney.. boy who ever though that one up.. the amount of back and forth between the attornies and mistakes and delays just cracks me up. compared to our title company clsoings everyone using one escrow officer to handle the transaction.

I have had the same experience with large/small banksLarge banks have their rules set and the loan officer can't budge.

I worked 10 years for the consulting arm of a big 4 accounting firm, helping Global Investment Banks, Insurance Firms, Multinational Asset Managers, and Hedge Funds improve their back office operations, specializing in implementing investment performance measurement systems.

A 4 story office building with a Chase branch does not seem like a bad investment to me.