I have never defaulted or settled on any debt.   

so when your buying a reperormer price it like a NPN.. at least I would.only performing note that I would buy priced as performing is one that never had a default. or much or any lates..

Short Sale means you have to get the permission of the bank to buy the house for less than is owed.NOD is Notice of Default of someone who has stopped paying their mortgage. 

The law is still in favor of a landlord with a defaulting tenant, it's not like the tenant wins every case.

He has no rights to the property other than in the event of a default on your contract.

Then, look at their uncured default rate (the rate borrowers default and the platform has to go into foreclosure to try to recover funds).  

the possibility that he defaults and you end up with his properties?

Most brokerages have default methods but also allow you to choose exactly which shares are sold, the ones recently purchased or the ones from a decade ago. 

I like to show this map of Ybor's future redevelopment plans to investors thinking about purchasing buy and hold investments in Ybor. https://www.tampagov.net/sites/default/files/econo...

FHA is supposed to be a gov't backed "second chance" for folks with bruised credit (& for that purpose, it is indeed a great tool for the toolbox), not the default go-to for anyone putting less than 20% down on a SFR that it has become due to lender profitability.