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Hello fellow real estate investors and entrepreneurs.

I wanted to provide you with a list of signals that experienced pre-foreclosure investors seek for and find when evaluating an investment property. These are guaranteed signs that you are on right way of buying your next income property at a significant discount.

You don’t require to have all seven in position, but when you find one, the others are normally close by.

#1: homeowner is behind on the mortgage payment

This is an apparent one, but i thought it necessitated to be included in the list. Most home owners or property owners who fall behind on the mortgage re-payment cannot make up and normally lose the property at foreclosure auction.

When homeowners can’t affored to recompense the mortgage, they cannot afford to maintain the house or the grounds either.

#2: grass is overgrown

After numerous years of running the streets as a pre-foreclosure investor, i learned to pick out (in an instant) the house in foreclosure as soon as i turned onto the street.
Overgrown grass is a sign of neglect.

#3: windows are busted out

Busted out windows are normally found in vacant or abandoned properties.
When the owner moves out, at times the neighborhood kids like to get together and pull out their personal rock collections and carry on to work on their throwing motions. This normally involves picking out the right target.

#4: rotten and exposed wood

A house that has broad rotten wood on the exterior has more than likely been neglected for numerous years. It’s shocking at times what persons will put up with regarding sub-frequent living conditions.

One time i met with a vender who had a gigantic hole in his kitchen ceiling. The complete was so huge that you could see clear up to the sky. I met with the vender for an extended period of time discussing the circumstance with the house.

Not one time did the homeowner say anything regarding the huge hole in the roof. This was a really strange interchange.

#5: no garden hose

I’ve found this one point in the list to be more telling than any of the others.

For numerous reason, whether or not the house had a garden hose connected to the outside faucet told me whether or not it was occupied or vacant.

Whether or not the green garden hose was still connected, the house was normally occupied. Whether or not the hose was missing, 9 times out of 10, the house ended up being vacant.

#6: no furniture

Normally when you suspect that a house is vacant, you peer into the closest window to assert your gut instinct.
You’ll know in an instant that the vender has moved on whether or not the furniture has been removed.

#7: neighbors haven’t seen them

Normally there are going to be a neighbor or two that may tell you something regarding the vender.

Whether or not the homeowner could not repair the problem with the mortgage, the neighbors normally knew all regarding it. They are at times a really good source of information