Buying a REO Or Foreclosure - Is it Really Worth the Headaches?

If you are a home buyer looking to land a great dealWhat is a good offer and what numbers or price
on a REO or foreclosure you have been dealing withshould you offer on the REO or foreclosed property.
headache after headache while trying to find theThis all depends on recent sales if there are recent
perfect deal on your next home or property. Buying asales to use. Condition of the property is always
Foresclosure is like asking the hottest woman out on asomething to look at and something to explain to the
date knowing that you probably ever get a responsebank why your offer might be lower than expected.
from her. With so many banks and lenders shortYou should always have a solid explanation when
handed trying to view every offer that is sent to themsubmitting a offer to a bank why your offering a
you can expect a long delay before having a chanceparticular price, explain the over condition, sales nearby
of getting any type of response.in other communities or anything that will convince the
Some Of The Common Problems ..bank to be reasonable when looking over the offer
First you have the real estate agent who has listed theyou are submitting for the REO or foreclosure.
REO or Foreclosure. This agent which their are aBe patient and Expect This to Take Longer Than
handful of them out there will never return phone callsExpected.
to the other buyers agents trying to show theIf you are a Buyer who is in the market to Buy one of
property. Second you have a agent who neglects tothe many Foreclosed homes or properties you need
tell you that the property already has multiple offers onto be aware that this is a long process and you need
the property ( which Your Agent Should Haveto be patient and realistic when putting a offer in on
Warned You in Advance to Expect This scenario )the Property because the banks are only going to
and they allow you to submit a offer good and welltake the highest and best offer but at the same time
knowing that they already have a accepted offernot always the Highest Offer will win due to financing
even though the listing agent forgot to tell you thatoptions or other criteria that the Bank may not want to
when speaking to them on the phone. Third, You havesee on the offer but they neglected to inform anyone
the honest agent who is eager to sell their reo listingincluding the Agents Representing you in purchasing
but they have no clue what they are doing. They dothe home and the Listing agent who is not returning the
not know how to submit the paperwork to the bankphone calls to you agent.
representative or person for the bank or the lenderI know of Buyers who it took them over 9 months for
dealing with the REO or Foreclosed property. This isthem to finally get a offer to go through on a home
going to make getting this deal to go through verythey liked and they honestly were fed up with the
tough.process and really just wanted to forget about the
Submitting a good offer?whole home buying thing, honestly I do not blame them.