Flips

Flipped Out

Are the Crosby/Santaluz fees bugging you, and you want a more-reasonable one-story house? Here's the other end of what buyers are experiencing these days. A flipper in La Costa Valley (who just paid $575,100 at the trustee sale) thinks you won't mind this:

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Short-Sale Cannibalism

Sent in by an anonymous flipper.  Fifteen percent of this year's NSDCC sales have been round-tripped: We’ve purchased a couple at trustee sale recently where the “comps” are all short sales and REO’s.  Typically it’s never a problem getting 5 – 10% more than a...

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Solana Flip

Pro flippers increase the purchase price on their trustee deed when recording it. According to foreclosureradar.com, the winning bid on this house was $1,014,000.  But when you look at the tax rolls, the recorded trustee deed says $1,114,000.  It's done to narrow the...

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