Not easy to know (having a crystal ball or dumb luck) but I did do this in Chattanooga TN when I started there in 2009 and actually it was not luck.

If you do not offer any of these services, your behind the eight ball with probate leads. 

Hi all, how soon can I buy a new property with HELOC? I recently bought a SFH for investment purposes in the Bay area for ~600k with 20% down. Right now it's being occupied by a tenant, breaking even on the mortgage a...

Our main question is whether to move on with another cash flowing university rental in the same area, or to work on getting the ball rolling faster with a flip.

But I don't have a crystal ball but looking at the fact unemployment is so high, it's only a matter of time.

I just want to be able to get a ball park idea and run through multiple listings a day to get those reps.

The more complicated answer is if you do quitclaim the property you will be in breach of the mortgage agreement in the bank May exercise the due on sale clause.The third scenario would be to buy commercial property using commercial lending any such instance buying and financing for an entity is quite common practice.So, coming back to the beginning of this answer it's all about the type of investment you're looking to do and the risk involved in doing so.I do want to share my two cents on the matter. 

I had several 'low-ball' offers on my last sale, and I just waited - most came back with a better offer; or I countered with a price slightly above my asking - just to keep the negotiation alive. 

Nobody has a crystal ball. 

(More so as an exercise, but I was genuinly interested in potentially moving into one of the units as a primary - using an FHA loan to do so - and renting out the other one to help cover some of the costs)The unit is a two flat, and been on the market for over 100 days - a long time for this specific suburb of Chicago.