The everything guide to buying foreclosures : whether you're buying a home or looking for an investment, all you need to know to complete the deal / George Sheldon and Lorraine K. Rufe.
The life of a mortgagor -- Types of legal commitments -- Foreclosure -- Foreclosure processes and terms -- Judicial foreclosure processes -- Nonjudicial foreclosure processes -- Investing in foreclosures (the good and the bad) -- Risks in dealing with the prior owner -- Investor pitfalls -- Present market conditions -- Finding foreclosures through companies -- Finding foreclosures in other ways -- Evaluating your foreclosure find -- Pre-foreclosures -- Foreclosure auctions -- Purchasing REO properties -- Financing your foreclosure -- What to do with your buy -- Determining your actual costs and profits -- Making money with short sales -- Your first and next steps.