Fair warning: if you do listen, it's a little odd going back and forth between the 2 authors accents... but the info is golden.

Odds are they just want to vent and complain. 

But you also risk tying up a persons property with no ability to close.Your best bet is to run your own mail and find someone off of here to work with.

Your best bet would be just honestly get a really good investment insurance policy on the property.

For investing, your best bet is to keep networking on BP.  

Sounds like a safer bet?

- TomI was just thinking about the DOM also- If she's willing to spend money on it every month even though she's no longer living in the house- I bet she owes too much to sell it for any thing under her asking price. 

I do not have kids of my own so I really don't know what kind of odd safety hazards kids can get themselves in.

"pre-foreclosure" is a sexy term - but it really doesn't mean anything without qualifying an individual situation.If you want to have a better chance of success getting a property which is inevitably going to be foreclosed upon, it's a safe bet to start by looking at market comps and then adjust your number based on the condition of the property and the situation of the current owner.  

She should tell them she's spoken to a lawyer and I'll bet they give her deposit back.