Once a property falls out of escrow 3-4x they often throw it to auction to "get rid of it."

Paypal fees could add up too unless the method of payment was cashier's check only.Might be worth it considering the large audience and listings do rank in google searches.

We are in a recession and condo HOA are taking hits left and right and throwing out assessments on the current property owners.

When they do, it is usually non-fannie, or non-freddie loans that the restrictions will not appear or can be removed.Another option for you is to just throw caution into the wind and resell it anyway using a seperate title company.

We could spend MORE money and throw in some stainless steel appliances, but how much to we shell out to make sure it appraises for the 190,000The 190,000 is ABSOLUTELY appropriately priced for the area and even a bit below what some homes are selling for, but we negotiated a great deal at 130,000"I would suggest you have two exit strategies. 1) Flip to your end buyer, which you have and 2)Be prepared to rehab it and sell it yourself."

I'd be ok with it if it weren't for the fact that people can easily throw out 'defamation of character' lawsuits.

Gabrielle, any chance you could throw out an individual example of a specific note on a specific property that we could buy with a price we would pay so we can take a look at this strategy closer?

According to the Treasury dept:1. 15% have defaulted already2. 20% more are already delinquent.Do we just keep throwing future generations' money down the hole?

The wholesaler I know that is most successful, has 3 or 4 buyers that pay a bit more about 73-75% of ARV and buy most of the stuff he throws at them in that range.

But, my point is that throughout the history of mankind we have never, until now, picked up weights to throw them around and work our muscles, instead you picked up bales of hay to feed your livestock and did hard labor all day.