I found out about a house in Alabama going to auction next week for back taxes.

I'm thinking of buying a property at a foreclosure auction with a complicated title history- there are 27 mortgage and release records alone for the one owner in the last 30 years.

i purchased this property at a tax sale auction and fixing it up.

So, how does any house make it to auctions, or am I not getting something right? 

I am wanting to know if there are any investors out there that have purchased forclosures that have been listed as going to auction prior to the actual auction?

I have contacted the owner and instead of letting the property go to auction where they lose it and receive nothing, they have agreed to sell it to me for say $5,000. 

Foreclosure Market Report,” which shows there were a total of 11,281 properties with foreclosure filings (i.e. default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions) in the United States in February, up 16 percent from a month ago (but down 77 percent from a year ago).

Has anyone purchased any properties through auctions?

See what others bid.Not sure where you plan to bid....do you know how the auction works there and if there are any redemption periods?

These are actual number of a property at a tax deed auction coming up but I am using this for a mock analysis to attach to my business plan so If anyone has any pointers please let me know, thank you!