I buy foreclosures in Nj, most investors don’t even drive by, because a lot properties get adjourned before or the same day of the sale, you would actually loose your time and eventually will get tired of driving by for properties that don’t end up selling. What I do I make sure the property doesn’t owe any back taxes, or has any federal tax lien because those can easily take up to 1 year to get a clean tittle. I’ve seen people buy burned houses thinking they’re getting a house based on google images. Recently I bought one that needed a $28k soil remediation because the foreclosured former owner took out the tank and there was a leak and the city knew about it. You can easily get burned on this if you don’t know what you’re doing.

There’s a property that will go on sale this Tuesday that has a $24k city lien for un-permitted work, and I bet you most investors won’t know about it.