Look at it this way: If they cave for you...they will be flooded with wholesale requests they simply do not have the power to accept.

I simply haven't found high end neighborhoods with sustainable rent for the purchase price unless you put a ton of cash down which is not really increasing the rate of return so much as buying into the opportunity to landlord in higher end neighborhoods.

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Most inspectors there are simply members of a national organization such as NASHI or others like it.

from what i gathered, you have to have the winning bid and it usually takes place at some gov't office (courthouse). does anyone know when/where i could get a list of properties in ventura county, la county and for the las vegas area (clark county)?

So, even if you win, easy to do in small claims, how are you going to collect?

What is her suggestion - to buy a property with negative cash flow and win?

As Ryan said, if the seller attempts to go around you, while the contract is in place, you can take legal action, or simply cloud the title, which will keep the seller from being able to sell the property.

Seems like skewed reasoning, as though they wouldn't mind financing me if I had simply paid $30k more for it!

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