Hey Brian .. thanks for the reply.The list only has addresses and auction dates.I probably can start with a direct mail campaign and see what comes out of it.I am actually an agent, so i don't think wholesaling is an option.

Hi everybody,I am a newbie and I am wondering what sources I can use to find out where to buy houses at auction?

Do have a data source that can inform you of an auction date?

There are furniture auctions , people that but estates , and second hand stores that buy .

Typically the bank will only pay a small amount, since under the Safe Harbor laws, they would only have to pay 1% of the original mtg (or 1 year fees, whichever is less) and the HOA must accept it as payment in full, if they get it back at the mtg foreclosure auction.

Does anyone know where I can get the scoop on California deed auctions forSan Diego county?

Headed to auction tomorrow morning.

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Buying from the owner and getting it checked out will be your best bet.The scam of the dealer is offering more on one side and charging more on the other, rarely will they really be in it for more than wholesale from an auction.You might also get with a dealer and just agree to pay a flat fee to them as an auction buyer.

It was being sold by a slumlord who foreclosed and the bank held it for months before they auctioned it to a big local investor who I met at the auction and signed a new contract with at my previously contracted price.