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Hello, I have read a whole lot of forums, blogs, Q&A and have learned a lot and I want to put into practice what I have learned. I'm looking into buying properties via our local tax deed auctions. I have gone dow...
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My wife and I are about to put a bid in on a HUD home. This will be a bid during the initial owner occupant 10 day period. We love the home and it's in a great area. HUD's as-is and list price is $114K for the ...
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Hello,
I wanted to know what if anyone knows how do bank foreclosures work in North Carolina? What is the process? I see some banks posting it online for bidding on Xome.com and some and posting on MLS as a foreclos...
I hope everyone is staying safe during these times. I'm in the market of wanting to buy a home. I actually found a home in the part of the state i wanna move to on auction dot com. It's a in person auction that has a ...
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Hi,
I am looking into California courthouse step foreclosures and had a few questions:
1. If you are the winning bidder at the courthouse is it true that bank cannot decline the winning bid? They just credit bid u...
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Has anyone had any experience with a GSA Auction that has been extended and they dropped the starting bid to $10k? Can you actually win the bid at $10k?
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My realtor, who has tons of HUD, foreclosure, distressed property experience, has told me several times that HUD tracks your offers on various properties. They review how close/competitive your bid are to the HUD ...
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It seems like 10 or 15 times a month I get emails from people wanting to know more about the purchase of HUD homes. I have personally sold more than 20 HUD homes as an agent and have bought quite a few myself. Two of...
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Real estate has improved considerably from its darkest period of 2008/09 and likewise so has the work contractors find. When the housing bubble burst, contractors in general likely found themselves in a survival mode ...
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Someone in my neighborhood (Germantown section of Philly) is concerned about a vacant/deteriorated property with a large tax balance. While this person would not want to buy it personally, there's been a lot of activi...