We take care of the listing and bookings and all pre-arrival communications.

In a perfect world, the judge will make the bank sell you the house at a short sale at the 45k price you paid at the auction.A short sale, IMO, would be much better for you as it eliminates the need to check any outstanding liens and the bank would also have to pay you prorated taxes (even though that probably won't make much difference given the guesstimated taxes on a 70k house).But if I were you, I'd petition to the judge that you should be entitled to buy the house at 45k number given all the run around this bank has given you and the fact thats the price you got it at the auction for.I'm not suggesting you demand it.

I fervently hope to be worth a frivolous lawsuit one day, I will know that I have arrived.    :-)

The PR will have to petition the court for Letters of Administration (no will) which will give the PR authorization to sell the property.The Sacramento county links should assist you with additional information:https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/locations/locations.as...https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/family/self-help-cente...

If they just arrived, they are easy to relocate.  

Which is I want to know how they arrive at their figures when they determine a propertie's market value and ARV.

I was getting great calls and leads, but at that price point, if a deal doesn't come quickly enough, an investor could certainly run out of money before success arrives.

Avoid or ameliorate the impairment of the distressed homeowner’s credit resulting from the recording of a notice of trustee sale, the filing of a petition to foreclose, or the conduct of a foreclosure sale;ix.

Anyway for those others that read on....Not sure how long you've been here but when I arrived I struggled to even get a cell phone let alone a mortgage, as my credit wasn't established.

The best would be if there's another investor in town that you've seen have success with this type of petition - s/he'll already be plugged in to the town officials and professional service providers (attorney, architect and civil engineer) who can get it done for you.