How To Buy Orange County Bank Owned Foreclosures & REO Properties
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In general, there are five basic ways to acquire Orange County foreclosure homes for sale at discounted prices. All but one of them permit the buyer to pay for qualified assistance from other sources (such as a title and/or escrow company). Unfortunately, the most popular technique (buying properties at the trustee’s sales) allows no such luxury. The purchasing process at the trustee’s sale requires each buyer to make his own thorough investigation of both title and debt on the chosen property within a limited time frame.
1. Delinquent Seller
The first and simplest way to buy properties under the fair market value arises when the delinquent (not defaulted) owner is uncovered. The delinquent seller will not have made recent payments of principal, interest, taxes or insurance and/or may have reduced the value of the property through benign negligence or lack of funds. When the delinquent owner realizes that he will be unable to meet the commitments on promissory notes and trust deeds for an extended period, he may choose to sell his property even at a discounted price rather than proceed through the foreclosure process.
2. Defaulted Seller
The property owner becomes a defaulted owner when the trustee for the beneficiary records a Notice of Default. During the following three month plus three week period, a Notice of Trustee’s Sale also will be recorded and published in a local adjudicated newspaper once a week for three weeks just prior to the trustee’s sale.
3. Trustee’s Sale
Most purchasers of foreclosure homes for sale prefer to acquire their properties at the trustee’s sale. At this time, it is possible to make property purchases without being in contact with the defaulted owner or foreclosing lender.
4. REO Lender
When a trustee’s sale is held with no bidder present, the property is said to be “sold” to the foreclosing lender. The REO lender usually will sell the property rather than retain the property as part of the lender’s non-performing assets. If no one buys the property at a Trustee Sale, the mortgage holder becomes the owner of the home. These are called “REOs.” or Real Estate Owned
5. Friendly Junior Note
The fifth way to buy foreclosures is just a bit more complex but is an attractive way to acquire properties with less competition than purchasing at the trustee’s sale. If the holder of the junior loan to the foreclosing loan agrees to sell his promissory note and trust deed at a substantial discount, the purchaser of the junior loan may cure the underlying senior loans and then foreclose himself on the newly acquired junior loan.
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