Things To Contemplate Before Purchasing An Arizona Foreclosure Property

Buying Arizona foreclosure properties can lead to unexpected expenses. These types of properties are sold ‘as-is’. This means you are taking the risk of buying something that is not even worth what you paid. There would be no way for you to know the real condition of the home before you buy since inspections or appraisals are not allowed before the auction.

Don’t go to an auction unprepared. Then the only information you are going to have on the property is from the auction listing. You can do some homework before the auction by comparing prices of other homes in that area. If possible talk to neighbors and find out how long it has been vacant.

Seeing a picture of the property on the auction listing is not going to give you the whole picture. For one thing you have no idea when that picture was taken. The house may have been trashed since the previous occupants were forced to evacuate. They probably wanted to leave the house in the worst shape they could just to spite the lender. When they were having financial hardships they could not get help from their lender causing the foreclosure, I would be pretty upset and would want revenge.

They could have destroyed all the sheet rock on the walls or removed everything not nailed down. Things like the stove, counter tops, carpets, air conditioning units or bathroom fixtures. These are the things you can see they destroyed but what about the things you can’t see like plumbing or electrical wiring. These are not easy things to replace and definitely not cheap ones either.

Then you do happen to win the bid so you are required by law to have the house inspected before moving in. The utilities are no doubt turned off therefore you have to pay to have them turned in order for the inspector to complete his inspection. In some cases if the previous customer left an unpaid balance you may have to pay that also before they turn the service back on.

Homes for sale at auctions are cash transactions. A deposit of $1000 is required just to bid. If you are the winner of the bid you will have until 5 pm the following day to come up with the balance of the winning bid. And if you can’t meet that deadline you will lose your deposit and the house goes back on auction.

Banks do not like people who don’t have cash when they go to those auctions. If you are trying to finance the home, they have to deal with your lender’s paperwork and they don’t like that. They just want to sell the property as quickly as possible. They have to deal with hundreds of foreclosures on a daily basis so the quicker they can turn them around the better for them.

So even though you may think you’re saving the typical 25% by purchasing a foreclosed home, think about where that 25% is really going to go. I think you know that it is probably not going into your savings account. You are going to have a lot of cash available to successfully buy an Arizona foreclosure property and create a home that you want to raise your children in.

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