It has roughly 50k equity in it that I want to use as a down payment/full payment on a duplex in the future.

If this is your primary residence you have more options than if this is a rental.

@Matt McCurdy If the majority of residents in the community prefer to rent, it may have more to say about the community than anything else.

I'll take a quality resident a few bucks under top dollar any day of the week.Happy Investing !

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

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I lost the next house and all the equity in it.So there is no easy way, this is not a safe game, it is very very risky.

Lower-income residents bear the brunt, with vacancies for apartments under $1,100 dropping below 0.4%.

If you leave the property in your own name anything in your name is at risk, including your personal residence, savings, and future income.

In my mind until they are lost they are all pre foreclosure.. when I chased these in earnest before the very strict  laws were put into place to make this activity very dicy we bought all of ours within 24 hours to 5 days of the actual sale at the steps. that's were you got the good deals.. if your mailing or contacting them with just the notice of default your going to not do very well at all.. they are not properly motivated at that point and you will waste a ton of time and money chasing those deals Along with most of these will have very little equity if any..