Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Bank Owned Property Have You Ever Wondered

By Steven McCarthy

Bank owned property can be a treasure-trove for investors. The American mortgage industry is inundated with foreclosure's, with no relief in site. With the rising cost of fuel spurring price hikes in just about everything you can think of, and the credit card companies doubling their minimum payments family's that were teetering on the financial edge are now plummeting into ruin.

This is a very grave problem for the property owner as well as the mortgage lenders. The mortgage lender needs to redeem the cash tied-up in the real estate. The property owner has problems to their bill's are piling up, they are starting to miss payments and hoping for a miracle before they hit rock bottom and lose it all.

Then they receive the letter from the bank stating they have started foreclosure proceedings. Unfortunately, this is when most property owners just give up and ride their misfortune into the ground. It can take ten to fifteen years for your credit to recover from foreclosure.

If these home owners started thinking about saving what they can from this difficult situation, they would realize that if they could save their credit rating when their situation improves they will have in place a credit history that will get them a new mortgage loan.

As a real estate investor you will view many properties, hiring a professional home inspector will protect you from hidden problems that need repair adding extra expense to the property, another perk to hiring a home inspector and developing a working relationship with them is by walking with them and asking questions you will start to pick-up on how to spot potential problems for yourself which will help you narrow down your list to more profitable choices.

This sober reality, along with a considerable number of properties in their portfolios, causes the banks and lenders to be very motivated to sell at a much more reasonable price. They want to sell off as many of their portfolio properties as possible to free up their capital, So they can then reinvest that capital, and get a return on their new investment. To make that happen, they must sell the foreclosed properties. This gives them motivation to sell the properties as quickly as possible.

Make sure you get pre approved for a mortgage loan, it is always helpful to get that pre approval with the bank your trying to buy the bank owned property from it just makes the process go much smoother and faster. As I have said many times before mortgage lenders make money from the interest on loans they make, not by foreclosing on property owners, when they foreclose on a property the interest payments stop, so they are highly motivated to sell that property and get those interest payments started again.

You need to be thorough and competent, you must keep a written file of all your research before buying a property, and carefully review all the information and make sure you have covered all the bases. A good way to back yourself up would be to have professional people to work with you by building yourself a network with a reliable handy man, a real estate agent with experience in purchasing bank owned property.

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