How to Buy Bank-Owned Properties for Pennies on the Dollar: A Guide To REO Investing In Today's Market

By Jeff Adams

Book Overview

Buy bank-owned properties at fire-sale prices

Banks and lending institutions today own more than one millionforeclosed properties, more are in the foreclosure pipeline. Banksdesperately want to get these properties off their balance sheets, but there aren't enough buyers. The result is a soft real estatemarket with prices investors and homeowners may not see again intheir lifetime.

In recent years many bargain-hunting investors and homebuyersmade the mistake of trying to get foreclosure prices via shortsales and pre-foreclosure-- before the bank reclaimed the property.They've been burned by endless delays and uncertainty of the messyforeclosure process. With bank-owned properties, that's over. Youdeal directly with a motivated seller--the bank--and getthe foreclosure price without the hassles and complexity of a shortsale or pre-foreclosure.

This book shows you how to negotiate the best possible termswith the real estate owned (or REO) department of a bank or lender, including step-by-step instructions and no-nonsense advice onfinding great deals, estimating fair market value, and closing thedeal. You don't need a ton of cash, because REO investing atfire-sale prices is affordable for almost any investor orhomebuyer.

Provides detailed, step-based guidance on buying REOpropertiesWritten by a super-successful REO investor with fifteen yearsof experience

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118018346
• ISBN13: 9781118018347
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"