Hey Tony, learn how to us TERMS the right way and you can get money in the beginning, while you cashflowing, and if you sale.

I've been studying for the past 4 month my Real Estate Sales course and been reading REI books, listening to BP podcasts and gaining as much information as possible.

At the very least, the local title company should be helpful, I would think.I would expect you'd need to involve some type of transactional funding so you can do two transactions: foreclosure to you (auction sale), then sale to end buyer.

We absolutely love Austin and we feel like the opportunities in real estate, if done carefully and correctly, could be pretty lucrative (not to mention fun).We're contemplating downsizing our current home and using a large portion of the profits to start investing.

They can try to do a short sale and get money if it's an underwater asset.

I am not talking about a flat fee service, I am talking about a fee for services brokerage where you get what you pay for and agents get paid up front a portion for their services with the rest being paid at closing.

One area I've found very fruit-ful is the recently retired demographic who need/are ready to move and don't have the ability to upgrade their homes for maximum sale price.  

I know there is the 'due on sale' clause that could be a possible threat here so what is the solution?

If you have something for sale please let me know. 

Specific to the underlined portion below  "However, tenants who would otherwise have protected status may be evicted if the unit is the only rental unit owned by the landlord in the building"- how would this impact a duplex where the new owner moves into one unit and a protected tenant is in the other unit?