Real estate companies that specialize in foreclosures are one of the fastest ways to find foreclosure homes to invest in. There are other ways to get free foreclosure home listings, such as through the County Clerk’s office in the court house, or in the news paper. You will also find free foreclosure home listings at any bank, but if you want to find a home quickly a real estate agent has the inside track, because the banks call them to offer them the homes they have in foreclosure.
If you are fairly new at investing, and you want to buy several homes to flip and sell, start with getting free foreclosure home realty listings from as many areas that you have interest in. The agent is the very first to know of homes that have been taken back by the bank. If you want to invest in homes in different cities, your best bet is to ask for free foreclosure home realty listings for those areas.
When buying foreclosures it is always a good idea to be represented by a real estate agent that specializes in foreclosed properties, which is called a listing realtor. A listing realtor is commissioned by the bank to sell the foreclosure properties; therefore the listing realtor will have the most up-to-date free foreclosure home listings. You may be able to purchase the home before it ever gets advertised. You must know once a home has the for sale sign up in the yard, it is also being advertised in the paper, and free foreclosure lists are going out to other realtors; therefore there will be hundreds of people interested in that property. If you can be the first investor to lay claim to the foreclosure property, by making the deal, the property is yours. The best way to buy the best foreclosure properties is to get to them fast before anyone else has seen them.
If you are interested in HUD homes, your best bet is to find a listing realtor specializing in HUD home foreclosures. To find free foreclosure home listings for HUD homes you can go to www.newbidselect.com and fill out the form there. You can there find real estate brokers and listing realtors that can help you find properties in which to invest. When you invest in properties to flip, you want to find the foreclosure homes fast, get it ready to sell to make your money.
If you aren’t in the business of flipping houses, you can still use a listing realtor, or you can take your time finding the perfect house. Another great way to find a home is to ask the real estate owned (REO) department in the banks in your area for free foreclosure home lists.
Free foreclosure home listings are very easy to acquire. You can contact any bank’s REO (real estate owned) properties department and ask them to email you a copy; and if you ask them they will be glad to put you on their weekly free foreclosure home listings. You can also surf the Net and find such websites as foreclosurefreesearch.com, and HUD.gov. Just type in the city and state you are interested in, and the free foreclosure home listings are right there for you to print.
Another way to get free foreclosure home listings is to call a real estate agent. Most agents have them, and will be willing to email you a copy. In fact, if you ask, most of them will be willing to send you free foreclosure home listings every week. Any time a new property goes into foreclosure, or a property is taken out of foreclosure the list is updated, making the weekly free foreclosure home listings a wonderful tool to work with.
Plug the words free foreclosure home listings into the Yahoo search engine and you will see many websites; plug in the city and state and it works like the other websites. The property locations will be visible by a photograph of the area, along with a map. The homes are listed by street name, and the asking price, the square footage, and the realty company handling the property will be listed.
Besides going to websites and asking for free foreclosure home listings you can do a little legwork yourself. Just drive around your neighborhood and surrounding areas. Take your time and look for signs of foreclosed on properties. The signs will have the bank’s contact information. Many homes are in pre-foreclosure, and the homeowner may still be living in the home if the bank has not already taken possession of them. There is a good chance you can make a deal with the homeowner and the bank the home is financed with.
Everyone hopes to buy a foreclosure for as little money as possible. The asking price may be low, or you may be able to negotiate a deal below the asking price. You will have to decide if the home is worth the money you will pay. Sometimes homes are in very poor condition for one reason or another, so if you have to spend more to fix the house than the asking price, it may not be cost effective to purchase the home.
Many people do make sweet deals when buying foreclosure homes. Those that are successful in finding those deals have done their homework. Should you be interested in buying a foreclosure home take a camera with you and a notebook to write down what you notice about the home. Note the condition the home and surrounding property. Note if the house has been vandalized. If there are massive repairs and renovations it will cost you much more than the asking price. The free foreclosure home listings do not include the condition of the house, so always make a visual inspection. Making an informed decision is key to being a successful home buyer.
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