What they don't want to see, is someone to just sit on the lien and hope the owner redeems so they can collect the interest.

I would be more than willing to sit down with you guys in the coming weeks and learn what I can!

You need to sit down with a competent attorney in California that also has Real Estate Law expertise in the states you intend to acquire assets in.  

Institutional investors do this all the time in prime markets...they will pay top dollar, with a clear highest and best vision.Certainly not for the faint of heart, but in some ultra-competitive markets, faithfully sticking to a conservative approach and rule-of-thumb numbers often leaves investors sitting on the sidelines, frustrated and empty-handed. 

It's a competitive market I understand but there are now some properties sitting on the market with price reductions. 

Built in the 90'sIt's about 1900 sq ft I'm getting it for the low 80's and the neighbor hood supports new construction upwards of mid to low 200's and renovated homes to mid to high 100's It looks as if they already turned the garage into a family room/denFirst my problem is the textured t111 vertical siding Second is the small windows and the lack of Windows I have read a booklet on how to renovate one of these and it seems like these can be really upgraded in a myriad of ways.  

It sits about 500 feet off the road and it's pretty quiet.Each side is 3 bed / 2 bath.

Hello Mohammad Haidarasl Reach out to me and I'll sit down and show you how to run comps.

I have had the best renovated 3000sf house in an area sit while the dated 1800sf sells.

I was concerned about a lack of the mortgage being listed, but if an offer is accepted I've asked for more detailed itemized expenses.Since it's been sitting so long we thought we might be able to come in low.