Sometimes auction companies have GHOST BIDDING meaning the seller has instructed them that even though starting bid is 1,000,000 they give auction company permission to bid like a real buyer until their desired minimum is reached.Basically the process is all stacked in the sellers favor.

This will give you time to inspect the property and ensure there are no hidden expenses as well as obtain financing.

I guess this just seems a little predatory to me and you never know what type of instruction you are going to receive in exchange.

My take away is, if you're upfront and honest in your intentions during all transactions (not hidden somewhere in the contract) we should be good to go.  

., twice per week on Wed and Saturday) and from this point you find out how well people can follow instructions (i.e. call the office at designated hours, etc).

There were so many little hidden costs like paying for a domain name, paying a para-legal for service contracts.

And right now we are rolling out a patented software program to find Hidden lots in exiting lost of record that sellers don't know about realtors don't know about.. we did two this month alone in Portland right off of MLS  we determined or mined for extra lots these will both be over 150k profits two deals ONE MONTH  5 minutes on our software.. 

We already paid off credit cards under his instruction and we already agreed to bring more money than we originally had agreed to.

The key is to really be able to spot, and unlock the hidden value of an asset (or create value).

Remember, there are forms, instructions, and publications.