Why would they randomly choose this one to release the lien on and WHY would they do that?

"Choose your neighbor!"

From the countless blogs and forum posts I've read on BiggerPockets it seems as though a lot of investors choose to stick with neighborhoods/municipalities they currently live in, or are already familiar with (it cuts out the step of learning a whole new market).

They also did not just choose to not purchase flood insurance, it was to their understanding not available to them because their community was not part of some flood protection program, but I really don't know the details.To say my dad is not successful would be completely false, as he is very successful in comparison to the vast majority of our local population and I lived I privileged child hood - so it's not a matter specifically of my potential of earning for more income.

When you calculate the shipping during checkout, it will show you the options and one of them will be pickup at warehouse and it will say $0.00 Sometimes, the product I want is not available for pickup at the nearest warehouse and I will choose another product that is.Actually, I see you're in Dallas.

It will say something like.Buyer retains earnest money and this will be considered full liquidated damages with no further action allowed.ORBuyer can elect to receive earnest money as damages and also bring suit for damages.ORIt can mention you choose one or the other.Really your contract can say anything so you need to read it word for word.

Which would you choose?

You can get the absentee owner list from listsource.com for ~$0.08 a lead and you can choose targeted areas by zip code, county, or with a map.

But they may come back to you later if they choose a different offer and then it doesn't close.

@Frank M. it depends on what type of loan it is, and I'd ask about the seasoning before rehabbing since I always want to know my timelines proactively not reactively.If you're looking at conventional Fannie/Freddie loans then they have a 0 day seasoning "delayed finance" product available to get up to the purchase price out on a cash purchase.Other FF loans require 6 months seasoning, and individual lenders may have their own overlays that require more.Portfolio loans the bank has their own requirements that they get to decide and it can be immediately if they choose to.