Most municipalities will settle for 10-20% of the total, but it is a small gamble.

But, I know plenty of people who would rather get a set rate of return this time of year vs. gambling with a new president.

Flipping properties is inherently more risky and can often times be closely compared to gambling.

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Hmmm; "appears area has some movement" seems far too vague, and makes it look like you want to GAMBLE on appreciation?

California is a highly cyclical Market and definitely not one I would gamble in.

Your also talking about a situation where your going to talk to an investor which is fine - now if it was a little old white hair ladies house that just burnt down that your going to try and profit from the situation it comes down to if it were mutually helping her vs taking advantage.

Ladies and gentlemen...I POUR myself into being a student of this game.

These are the details given to me by a friend of a scam that happened to his friend (not recently):- Friend of my friend buys a house from an 82 year old lady.

When he identified himself as the bank, and upfront asked the Ocwen lady her name and employee ID, she was rather accommodating.She admitted that they had changed over their computer system and some things got "lost".