I know Regions bank loves to dump their REOs and non performing notes before the new year to cash buyers.Joe Gore

Those notes can vary in performance from performing to not performing.

You need a Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement covering such issues, but you also need to ensure that the seller has amounts at risk, ability to pay and perform under such an agreement.

It is way past time that I introduce myself here in the forums, but now that I'm here, I look forward to meeting people, and learning even more as I go along.I am a professional musician, bass player, and singer, and currently perform in a variety of groups and ensembles.

I'm looking for recommendations on a high performing Realtor/Broker that is knowledgeable about Multi-Family properties (2 to 4 units).Please let me know if you have any recommendations for experts in this geographic area.

To piggyback on what @J Scott said: when you start heavily into looking/marketing for the off market stuff, it can boost your sales agent biz too.

How she performs is key to taking on this liability, she could easily get in over her head trying to meet rents from her business, there are many commercial types who know what type of business pulls in revenue at that location and they may get a hook in her with deposits and agreements where she does nothing but basically work for them.

Maybe this will be a safer option rather than performing a subject to.

I am wondering if someone still doing deals in North County St. Louis?

Form a landlord perspective, we are not renting with utilities included (a big plus ... we are also able to assign the water/sewer to the tenant in our SFH student rentals) and, as an added bonus, it allows us to track the performance of our buildings following the completion of a deep energy efficiency renovations.