BP,I am a part time real estate investor with my full time job being in medical device sales.

I found a "for sale by owner" willing to work with me thru owner financing.

If not,go to the wholesaler and tell them you have a strongly interested buyer and you want a finders fee for the sale.10 to 15% of the wholesalers profit is fair.Unless you used your resources and information supplied by your brokerage (MLS,advertising from brokerage,etc), I would keep it under raps.If they didn't help make the deal happen,why pay them for nothing?

Is the property located in a judicial state where the foreclosing attorney has to go through the court before the foreclosure sale can be stopped?

They are asking for mediation, even though its not their primary residence, and they have let a hole in the roof really damage the building, coupled with not paying taxes for years, we saved it from tax sale and asking our attornies to dismiss the frivilous mediation request, which has stopped our foreclosure in its tracks.So, its painful in judicial states, and less painful in states like AL & GA.

I am interested in all types of investing however My current focus is more toward tax sales.

Ok good, so whatever sale price I agree on that is the final amount out of my pocket then, right?

I am a fairly new agent still learning the ropes and while looking at the MLS data for my area for turnover rates, all the peak turnover areas around me are HEAVILY farmed already, but i found 2 that had great turnover numbers for over 5+ years compared to other areas and not one single agent in the area had more than 10% of the sales, but when i drove out to see the areas i found out quickly that both are gated communities with no soliciting signs everywhere... 

Hello Everyone,     We bought our starter house in Ft Worth 76118 in 12/2008 through a short sale, so we got a great deal.

All estimated calculations for closing costs, repairs, holding time and sale.