Buying Foreclosures, REOs. Short Sales, FSBO, MLS and More

Hi guys!

I have about 20 bids I want to submit today for properties that have alot of equity in them. However, I have no buyers list, no contacts. Should I try and sell them to webuyuglyhouses.com or something?
I am afraid to commit to this without being backed by a buyer's list. Any suggestions?
I need to flip or assign within 30 days.

I know this sounds like a redundant question, but I did craigslist adds and no responses. I don't want it to slow me down.

Yuri

Hey DG Family:
For those of you who are buying real estae to have a rental income, I thought I would tell you about my experiences, just so you know what to expect.

Finding a good realtor!!!! DAMN, THIS IS HARD!!! People just don't want to work nowadays.

I had a realtor before and she was the worst one of the kind. I had to bring her,litterally, the properties I wanted for her to just put her signature and collect her 7%. So I refused to make the same mistake this time around.

Does any one have a foreclosure letter that you use to send out to homeowners.

I would appreciate someone sending that to me.

I am a Canadian entrepenuer looking to the states for some quality property. I was thinking of starting to tap into the Vegas forclosure/pre-foreclosure scene. Good or bad Idea?

Is an agent even required to make offers on foreclosures and preforeclosures? If not, what exactly is the process for doing it your self. I have an agent that I just started working with and he is making offers. But I would like to be part of the process and lend my time to finding even more deals.

I'm trying to research the whole assignment process and I can't figure out this part: Does assigning only work with people whose homes are completely paid for or in other words they do not have a mortgage, and for what ever reason just want to get rid of the property?

I was just wondering there are any Canadian investors with any advice on the difference between buying foreclosures in Canada rather than the United States. This opportunity is huge and I cannot wait to get started. However, I would like to know how being in the Canadian market will affect my buying and selling processes.
Anything from different forms that are needed here, to if I should wait a few more months before starting. Waiting until things slow down in Canada (not that I won't be keeping my eye on the market anyhow.)

Any help is much much appreciated. Thank you.

Its been awhile since I've been on the site, but I finally got my private investor living in the same state with me and we are more than ready right now to pick up a property. Right now, I have my eye on one that almost looks too good to be true (which in my experience, normally is) but I have to ask anyway so I can prepare my questions when my real estate agent calls me back.

Hi,

I am very new to Real Estate Investing, but I have read Dean's book and I am very optimistic and enthusiastic.

I found a listing for ahouse that from the wording made it sound like it was a foreclosure or and REO. Spoke to the Agent and found out that it is in Short Sale.

Accoding to Zillow the house was purchased for $371,000 June '06 and now the Bank has jsut reduced the price to $245,000!