Aaron Schwartz
Short sale on a Reverse Mortgage?
Is a short sale directly with a lender required on a property with a reverse mortgage? HUD website says that the heirs of the property with a reverse mortgage can sell at fair market value even with negative equity an...
Kim Ford
Anyone Familiar with this Possible Scam?
Hello Everyone. I'm inquiring about PIP Group/Vision Tax Lien Services. In a nutshell here is the story: I'm a wholesaler, found a house on Zilllow at a cheap price for that neighborhood, inquired about it and was tol...
Nadine Hylton
Using a real estate attorney
Im just getting into tax deed sales (here in texas) and plan to attend my first sale this week. I dont have enough info to start bidding yet, but wanna attend to see the layout and get the feel and maybe make some con...
Rick Rapant
Re-performing Note with a Deficiency Lien Judgment
The Info:Seller of a note, I'm considering on purchasing, foreclosed on the borrower back on 12/25/2014 and holds a 100k deficiency lien judgment on them. The borrower, same individual, wants to stay in the home and ...
Claudio Golia
Long Distance Rental Properties as a Newbie?
The initial reason that lured me to real estate investing, was to look into purchasing an out of state property that I could rent and eventually use as my retirement home. However, as my real estate education grows d...
Abdenour Achab
How would you mitigate the environmental risk
I live in California, and bought a tax lien certificate (technically a Certificate of Purchase) on vacant commercial land in Arizona, sight unseen, at an online auction. It's 36 acres, assessed at about $100,000, and ...
Jose Tovar
Short Sale to 2nd lien holder
I have SS clients who want to sell to their 2nd lien holder who is an associate of theirs. This individual put up 100k to help with the purchase/construction of the house which belongs the couple who are my clients. ...
Brad James
County tax auctions - are there any catches?
I have attended a few tax auctions locally. A BUNCH of properties. Terms of the auction are I believe 500 cash and write a check for the balance the day of the auction. Now I am not going to go pull loan money not...
Alan Mills
“DOs” and “DON’Ts” of buying at Auction. What do I need to know?
I’ve read horror stories about buying properties via Auction. For those of you savvy in this area, I would appreciate your list of “DOs and DON’Ts” and “DON’T FORGET TOs” for someone thinking about trying this for the...
Nicholas Miller
Trash or treasure?... locked up since 1985 this could be the ugliest thing i've ever seen! what do you think?
It was like walking though a time capsule only with mold and piles of what might be trash or could be treasure. This home has not been lived in since 1985 and the owner wants $5k to walk away. I have good reason to...