What happens when you purchase a tax deed from the courthouse? Are these things usually bought in auction? If they are then does the government take the extra money over what is owed or does that go to the house owner...

I'm interested in feeling out how many folks have tried out the Auction.Com properties and attended the courthouse auctions. There aren't a ton of properties that show up, and I'm currently an out of towner trying to ...

Can anyone walk me through the process of buying houses for the back taxes in Ohio? How is this done? What are some pros/ cons? Any info would be spectacularly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I'm just looking for a little bit of clarity from the experienced... I'm a bit confused on how to handle a short sale that has 2 mortgages. I'll give na example: John Doe has a house that has a first mortgage of 20...

I'm in the process of rehabbing/reconfiguring a property.   I got names of contractors from various sources (here, other websites, brokers, other local sources.)  They've been to the property, and I'm now getting back...

I got a new MLS listing passed on to me by my agent. There's some things I recognize and some things I don't. I thought it might be informative to parse out some listing information. I'd imagine some people might have...

Looking for a first FLIP opportunity.  I have noticed that foreclosure properties in the Maryland area seem very high for being a foreclosure.  Why are houses that require work/more risk priced at or above market valu...

I have a friend of mine that has been looking at a house that he wants to get. The owner has passed and the wife is not on title. The wife and husband were married years ago and then got a divorce, they never got rema...

Market value 130k townhome and mortgage that is owed 98k. I would like to get the home at an court house auction. How much would be the initial bidding price range around and would bank ended up taking even lower amo...

I found this property on Auction.com which has a stated starting bid of $367k. The unpaid balance on the loan to the lender is the same 367k. But the going price for a SFH in this neighborhood is around $600k.Since th...