If you want to wholesale to landlords, for example, you can ask an agent for all cash sales in a few zip codes (they look up sales with no mortgages) within a certain time-frame (6 months, etc.) and you an pick the hottest areas with most activity to start wholesaling in.

I suppose the AVARAGE Canadian family would sit beside me at the restaurant and have their bill total $75 with drinks etc...TIP:GROUPON + GROUPON PROMO CODES like 10$ off first groupon or 50% off flash sale.

Also the building dept and code enforcement dept may lead you to the right person.

If your goal with buying subject to is to buy something at a deep discount pre-foreclosure, and not because you have no ability to get a loan of your own, seems like it could still be a fruitful strategy?

I would say you should ask a discount either to the purchase price or closing costs, reflected of current surrounding rental rates for the delayed time, and push back the closing date.

You don't want to inherit any problems and be sure to follow all the municipal codes that your city requests.

For example, if your current garage is in the setback that would now be required by code, it's grandfathered in and you probably wouldn't want to completely demolish it.

I was told by a broker that nowadays foreclosures and short sales don't provide much of the expected discounts from retail price.

Reference the Bexar county property, I suspect that it will have to go through the auction process before the Tax office would entertain a discount in the taxes owed.

I live in McAllen and have been searching for discount properties through a direct marketing campaign and driving the city.