@Ben M. welcome to BP and the world of real estate investing.

My name is Ben Morand.

We have no assets in common, except we share names, partially (he is Ben, I go by Benjamin).

They just need to be very clear that they are acting for themselves, not representing the seller.If an owner called an agent to the property with the knowledge of their RE license, do they not have a legitimate expectation of there being a fiduciary relationship.Originally posted by @Ben Leybovich: It's definitely a very fine line.

@Ben Schembri I am planning to attend court and over bid also.

@ben @Ben Scott Yes, the plan is to hold at least 10-15 years initially, maybe longer. 

For instance, if he did a portion of the work - perhaps the tile, some painting, cleanup, etc - can he say it's worth $X amount based on what a sub would charge?

Ben B.

@Ben Hutto I would buy it with a commercial loan in an llc unless you have a way to structure it in one persons name to do conventional on the backend.

@Ben Lin I'm selling because that was always the plan.