Thursday, December 16, 2010

REDC


REDC auctions can be a great source of business for primary residence buyers and also investors. I specialize in working with investors so this blog is going to be focused around that.

I recently represented a group of investors at REDC. We made a bid on a beautiful house in a cookie cutter neighborhood in East Orlando called Deerwood Run and won. We won the bid at $68k. This house would EASILY sell for over 100k, with multiple offers without breaking a sweat. The owner of this house was Fannie Mae. Some have told me they've gotten around an issue I'm about to write about, but some, like us, have been a little stuck and currently looking for a way around it. Per contract, FM won't let us sell the house more than $80k within the first 90 days. Yes, if we sold it for 80k, we'd still pocket 10k or so, but why not sell it for 100k and pocket 30k+? This is just a small hurdle we're looking to overcome. WHEN, not if, but WHEN we find the solution, I will post it right here.


To give you closure for this particular property, the seller actually REJECTED our offer after the auction. They said our bid didn't meet there minimum requirement so they're going to put it back on the market for 25% over market value and wait for another 6-9 months so they can reduce the price again and chase the market. What a fantastic idea.

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