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Foreclosure Auctions on the Courthouse Steps: Can I play? Episode 2.
It was another freezing day at the county courthouse, standing outside to bid at the trustee sale of properties that have defaulted on their mortgages(foreclosure sales)
12 properties were on the original docket....4 had been removed from the sale for unknown reasons (they could have been cured at the last moment or bankruptcy could have stalled the process) No one there is gleeful about the opportunity...we all know that people's lives have been damaged by the time a home gets here. There is a general quiet comradery among the regulars, with information sharing and fact clarification...you might expect the atmosphere to be cut throat but it's not.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you have never been to one of these you need to be prepared for disappointment and non participation. You may have visited the properties and done your analysis, driven to the courthouse only to find that the property is not being offered or the mortgage holder bids $100k-$200k more than the market value of the home....this happens 70-80% of the time since our market is filled with homeowners who bought property at $600k in 2005 which will only fetch $425k today. This ... more

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