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Old 11-09-2012, 07:02 AM
 
Location: San Diego
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Florida Teen Willow Tufano Buys Second Home - ABC News

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There was a bunch of articles about this. She bought the first house for $12,000, spent $15,000 on repairs and then rented it out. This second house she plans to rent out for $800/mo after repairs.

  1. Is Port Charlotte (and rural/coastal Florida) really this cheap?
  2. Was it a bad neighborhood? (As I understood it from the many news articles about this, it wasn't. I believe "Girard Court" was mentioned somewhere, but I can't find it on the map)
  3. Dilapidated crack house?
  4. Previously flooded and uninsurable?

What's the catch?

By the way, how much does electricity/AC typically cost (per year) in that area? What about a comprehensive insurance (hurricanes, flooding, etc.)?
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Old 11-09-2012, 08:02 AM
 
Location: Lemon Bay, Englewood, FL
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Yes, everyone knows about Willow. There are some deals like that around (they are in your area too, you just have to look for them). They are not advertised. They are court auctions and you must be very familiar with these cash transactions or you could lose your butt. Thankfully for Willow, her mother is a RE agent/investor and facilitated the purchases. This is not for the entry-level investor.
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Old 11-09-2012, 08:58 AM
 
Location: San Diego
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Yes, everyone knows about Willow. There are some deals like that around (they are in your area too, you just have to look for them). They are not advertised. They are court auctions and you must be very familiar with these cash transactions or you could lose your butt. Thankfully for Willow, her mother is a RE agent/investor and facilitated the purchases. This is not for the entry-level investor.
Can't anyone hire a realtor to find great deals like this for them? Or will the realtor's fee eat much of the savings?
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Old 11-09-2012, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Lemon Bay, Englewood, FL
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Can't anyone hire a realtor to find great deals like this for them? Or will the realtor's fee eat much of the savings?
Nope. Realtors generally don't show auction properties to buyers, as they are not technically listed "for sale" on the MLS. Plus, depending on the property, the sales prices would be so low that the commission wouldn't even be worth the work. Also, a realtor can't "show" an auction property. They are locked up by the banks. No entry. No inspections prior to purchase. nothing. That's why it is high risk and not for the novice.
The really cheap ones are very old homes (1950s-60s) and generally in not-so-nice neighborhoods and usually need to be gutted. In contrast, a decent foreclosure up for auction, in a nicer neighborhood, that hasn't been vandalized, might go at auction for $70-100k and up, CASH only, due within 24hrs of auction close.
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Old 11-09-2012, 11:00 AM
 
Location: San Diego
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Who puts their property up for an auction without listing it in order to reach as many buyers as possible? Isn't it against the seller's interest to hide the auction?

I see "auctions" on a certain real estate listings web site (not sure if I'm allowed to link to it).

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Also, a realtor can't "show" an auction property. They are locked up by the banks. No entry. No inspections prior to purchase. nothing.
Why would the sellers prevent the buyers from looking at the property? It seems against their best interests.
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Old 11-09-2012, 01:09 PM
 
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be warned....a lot of the auction propertys are with banks. they dont allow you in and disclose nothing.

I know of a property 'sold' at auction. found to have CDW which was not mentioned (caveat emtor at auction) though a blind man would have known it was bad.

sale fell through...seler informed why...CDW !!!! .........weeks later it was up again for sale at auction and - no mention again!!
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Old 11-09-2012, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Jupiter, FL
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I know of a property 'sold' at auction. found to have CDW which was not mentioned (caveat emtor at auction) though a blind man would have known it was bad.
You should spell it out.

CDW = Chinese Drywall

more information: Chinese drywall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 11-09-2012, 02:32 PM
 
Location: Lemon Bay, Englewood, FL
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Who puts their property up for an auction without listing it in order to reach as many buyers as possible? Isn't it against the seller's interest to hide the auction?

I see "auctions" on a certain real estate listings web site (not sure if I'm allowed to link to it).



Why would the sellers prevent the buyers from looking at the property? It seems against their best interests.
Abdolutely no offense intended here, but if you think these are normal "sellers", than you need to learn a lot more abour RE. These are bank repos and tax sales. They are usually not sold through the standard MLS method.
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Old 11-09-2012, 09:37 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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Abdolutely no offense intended here, but if you think these are normal "sellers", than you need to learn a lot more abour RE. These are bank repos and tax sales. They are usually not sold through the standard MLS method.
I didn't say or imply that the seller must be an individual. Whoever the current owner is, why would they do anything that significantly reduces the buyers' interest in the property and lowers the expected sale price? Why would they try to sell at an auction that no one knows about and prevent the prospective buyers from inspecting the property? This doesn't make sense.
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Old 11-10-2012, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Florida
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I didn't say or imply that the seller must be an individual. Whoever the current owner is, why would they do anything that significantly reduces the buyers' interest in the property and lowers the expected sale price? Why would they try to sell at an auction that no one knows about and prevent the prospective buyers from inspecting the property? This doesn't make sense.
I think many of these sub $20k house auctions are tax sales by the county. The county is just looking to get the owed back taxes plus expenses. I'm pretty sure the county must return any "profit" beyond that to the previous owner. Same goes with foreclosures on houses that had equity, the bank can only keep what they were owed and return the rest to the previous owner.

So in these cases, the "seller" really doesn't give a damn. Break-even is easier for them. In fact, many times the buyer IS the previous owner or family member, they already know what is on the inside.
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