It's always nice to have someone else around who seems to know the gig who's always looking for more answers and knowledge.

Does anyone else besides you and the original lien holder have any claim to this property?

How many times have you gone to an open house or gone through a house with a realtor and asked "Do you know of anything else interesting"?

But, if you're buying it yourself, renting it out, wholesaling or anything else, then you shouldn't have to run your deals through them.

I was suggesting you go that route as a way for you to get into the market and making offers just like everyone else even if you have little to no funds to work with.

My understanding is that as long as you only advertising the properties for someone else then you are fine.

Whatever Trump "writes" about, I can almost guarantee it was written by someone else, with a forward by the Donald.

What else should I look at to determine the market value of said property?

So, you would be putting down $72,000 for an "investment" that would lose $188 per month.If you live in California and are going to buy property somewhere else in the United States, why would you buy a loser all the way across the country?

I prefer to manage myself not because I will save money, but because I prefer to screen my own tenants and take care of tenant issues myself rather than have someone else do it.