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Lyon County, Kansas Homes For Sale. Find a Wholesale Bank-Owned REO in Lyon County, Kansas, KS:
Featured Topic: REOLenders are selling off their Southern California foreclosures at deeply discounted prices making this a profitable time for real estate investors. In order to bid at a foreclosure auction, you must have a cashier's check in your hand for the full amount of your bid. Investors that are pre qualiifed and work with a competent lender are in a better to position to have their REO offer accepted and close escrow in a timely fashion. Many factors are often overlooked by investors when calculating positive cash flow on an REO rental property such as repairs, maintenance, taxes, insurance, municipal fees, vacancy and a host of other potential fees and costs. REO listings are currently receiving multiple offers and being bid up above list price It is important for investors to follow the sales statistics in the area they are buying in so they can make confident and competent REO offers. The only time the deposit check is cashed in an REO offer is when the offer has been accepted. REO VS SHORT SALE. A investor who has a short sale agreement with home owner has no competition but must convince the bank of the homes value. An REO investor must compete with other buyers who may have different perceptions of the properties worth. Many vacant REOs are subject to code enforcement citations by the local municipality creating an even larger potential liability for the bank that owns the property. It is important to be mindful of potential holding costs when calculating monthly cash flow on an REO purchases. You should also consider hiring a qualified professional to inspect an REO property, whether it has been repaired or not. Hiring a home inspector is a recommended practice, no matter what type of home you buy. There are some credit issues that REO must allow for a certain time to pass before you can qualify for a FHA loan. They are follows: Two years from the date of discharge for a Bankruptcy and Three years from the date of Foreclosure. Most REO listing agents list only REOs and no other type of property. If the bank REO does not appraise for the purchase price and the buyer is obtaining a loan that requires a 20% down payment or less, the buyer's lender will not fund unless the buyer coughs up more cash or the REO lender discounts the price. Cash buyers don't make offers contingent on an appraisal. As rigid as REO properties or HUD homes may seem, the REO process is as much as part of foreclosures as the preforeclosure side of the business. In their efforts to create a bidding frenzy, many REO agents will claim that they have 10, 15, 20 or more offers on a REO house when in reality their are only a few offers that the banks would consider. Don't be discouraged by this kind of talk and submit your educated offer. When looking for the cheapest REOs, an investor should go out and really see the areas and inventory. Usually there is a reason for the low pricing. That does not mean that there are not super deals but the listing agents are pricing according to area, desirability and condition. They are looking to dump the house quick and you don't want a lemon REO. REO tip....Take note of the condition of the top sold comps in your area and try to estimate your repairs to the market standard. Over repairing can eat away at profits and under repairing can take your property out of consideration for top buyers. An REO is the simplest way to purchase property. We expect REO activity to spike in the coming months as foreclosure delays and moratoria implemented by various state laws come to an end |
