But if you're disciplined in money management, which is what they don't really put an emphasis on, then it might just work.  

The best thing you can do without going to court and in this case 50/50 chance of losing, negotiation them down on their price.

in Bitcoin ... sure shot way of losing your money ... 

Yes, I agree the dollar is losing value, but we've used so many crutches, so many times, I can't imagine we won't in the future.

First, you'll lose a ton of money over that period.

Just make sure you have a real investment plan laid out because it doesn't benefit you to pull the trigger just to end up losing money every month or losing the property because the numbers don't work.

So when the foreclosure is attempted they end up getting cancelled and it creates the Zombie foreclosure.What would be interesting is finding a way to easily locate a list of zombie foreclosures.John I had my first one as well. got contacted and owner said bank just mailed the deed.. saying they delayed foreclosure to long.. the seller was about to lose it in 48 hours at tax sale  so I cured that.. and then did a JV with him taxs were 20 some grand.. 

@Sarah Taylor From a tax perspective, you would lose the STR tax benefit if you expect paper losses from the property.

Also, since you never gave the keys for possession, highly unlikely a judge will even allow you to deduct per diem rent from the SD.After losing a couple of court cases on scenarios similar to yours, we huddled with our attorneys, who recommended charging a Holding Fee.We have a Holding Fee Agreement we require prospects to sign to hold a property until they later sign a lease.

Have you ever heard of a Landlord being sued by a Tenant and losing property?