Well worth the cost in my opinion.  

They might not be getting your business on this, but you never know in the future.I think foundation issues are worth buying, if you know what you are doing and get a good enough price for the risk.

This is why buying a property thru an hoa foreclosure is a bad move, 99% of the time because they almost always have a mortgage, that is usually more than the property is worth.  

It might be worth paying another 1% to a bank for the safety of knowing your owner financiers cannot be foreclosed on. 

ok thanks man I will surely try that it's good advice something to not only think about but to try too but do you think it would work in New York here or do I just have to try and see if thought about zillow but wasn't sure if the pre-foreclosures I saw were accurate but again it's worth a try 

House has been well maintained, fresh paint job, newer Windows and has a great view of a little pond across the street.

I wanted to try and talk with him to get a better idea of what he is selling and see if its worth my time to push forward. 

NOw on Craigs list you have scammer after scammer.. so I suspect some amount of phone qualifying would be in order.When one is in the sales business.. what is one's time worth.. your time is to sell. if that involves a drive well that's your choice.but basically its Qualify present and close.. has been that way for hundreds of years.when I used buy homes like this  we targeted what we wanted and we door knocked simple as that the only time we went to mail or phone is if they lived in another state..

I am leaning towards buying a ticket and attending the event, but just wanted to confirm with some people who may have been before that it is in fact worth the $300?

Now, one of those things, depending on your personal worth is you might want to form either some type of corporation or an LLC to form that will protect you personally and put you in a tax advantage.