You find the deal and supervise the project while using your bosses funds.Sounds like a potential win-win to me.Chris

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And I take pride when I travel to their towns and drive by all their rentals.. its a win win.

Originally posted by @David Dey: 90 percent of my deals I originated myself using public records.I've done hundreds of deals (..) this way.David Dey wins my coveted Public Records Advocate™ prize - and I hope to hand out a lot more in the future.

The only other option I cN  think of  is to file a small claims  and at the same time a lis pendes or whatever it is called to put a cloud on title so she cannt Grant a clear title until small claims is resolved.If you do not win in small claims she could possibly countersue for damages for impeding the sale.If you want to get revenge, do not pay the mortgage and pocket the rent.  

If they sue you, then you hire an attorney, but I think he'd have a hard time winning a suit to compel you to give earnest money on a house you aren't going to buy, even if he put something like that in the contract

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Congratulations on the first win, Spencer!

Thanks @Nathan Paisley RDPD is the best book so far but I'm starting Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Win in High-Stakes Commercial Real Estate this weekend.

No one can say what the outcome of a bidding will be but I myself see it as a lost effort where even if I do win a bid it I will not get a property at a good enough price to make it worth the entire effort but its up to you if you really want to pursue this method of buying properties.