It’s no secret: Foreclosed homes for sale often offer buyers and investors tremendous value. On the flip side, distressed real estate can be a tricky, and costly, investment if you fail to dot all your “i’s” and cross all your “t’s.”

Get an in-depth look into what it takes to find, finance and buy the home of your dreams for half-price with help and direction from Foreclosure.com Director of Education, Linda Yates.

Linda is going to show you how to land a “money-maker” and avoid a “money pit” in this complimentary Webinar presentation. She’s going to outline the first six steps of the 12-step process behind finding a money foreclosure, while steering clear of any potential “red flags” or “pitfalls” that can turn your dream into a nightmare

Register for “How to find dream foreclosures in your area (Part 1 of 2)” before it’s too late. Click here. This FREE educational session is available to watch LIVE online during an information-packed presentation scheduled for Thursday, June 10, at 4 p.m. ET.

Here are the first six steps that she will cover in-depth:

• Getting your credit in order
• Deciding whether to rent or own
• Shopping for mortgages
• Searching neighborhoods
• Finding the right agent
• House hunting

The market is ripe for the picking right now — foreclosure inventory is piling up just about everywhere. With the right approach and knowledge, it will be simple for you to differentiate the good deals from the bad.

Register for “How to find dream foreclosures in your area (Part 1 of 2)” right now — it’s FREE! Spots are limited and filling up FAST! CLICK HERE.

Webinars are LIVE educational sessions that let participants see, hear and interact with real estate experts right from their personal computer screens. In fact, Webinars are driven in part by visitor feedback and questions that are posed during the sessions. For more information and course offerings click here.

Real estate auction sales have climbed 10 percent year-over-year since 2000, according to CNNMoney.com report, and the numbers continue to rise (14 percent in the first quarter of 2010) as the housing inventory keeps piling up.

It’s a billion dollar business … $17 billion in 2007 alone, to be precise. And that figure, too, will likely rise soon if it hasn’t already.

That’s because auctioneers are holding two or more auctions per day throughout the nation to keep pace. REDC, which is among the biggest companies in the real estate auction space, is on pace to exceed 520 such sales in 2010 — a 50 percent increase compared to just last year.

What’s the reason for the staggering across-the-board increases?

Les Christie explains:

“The biggest auction advantage is speed, of course: From first marketing to closing can be less than 10 weeks … There is such a huge volume of REOs on the market — 92,000 homes were seized in April alone — that banks are anxious to turn the properties over quickly. Rather than waiting for the local housing market, they turn to auctioneers.”

To check out the homes for sale at upcoming foreclosure auctions near you click here (REDC) and here (RealtyBid).

So says Colorado Springs, Colo., real estate agent Shawn Jardine in a recent article from the Christian Science Monitor:

“It’s a feeding frenzy right now. On one property listed for $65,000, I had 15 offers. The best offer won at $20,000 over asking price.”

Wholesalers, which are basically investors with lots of money who can buy in bulk, are “snapping up” a healthy chunk of the best distressed property deals currently available on the market.

It’s common these days for wholesalers to swoop in and make all-cash offers, making it difficult for first-time homebuyers and other “small-time” investors to land their deals.

With the nationwide housing market riddled with bargains, and a volatile stock market, wholesalers are literally banking on the notion that the market will eventually rebound. Perhaps not to pre-collapse levels anytime soon, but nonetheless, it’s bound to happen.

When and where is still a huge question mark. In the meantime, opportunistic wholesalers have the ability to buy low now, renovate their homes (if necessary) and then hang onto them for however long it takes to rent or re-sell at later time for huge profits.

To beat wholeslaers, investors and other buyers to the punch, we always recommend that you consider our FREE email alerts. We send you the hottest deals in your area the moment they hit the market.

Timing is everything … now more than ever!

Another city, more happy homeowners.

REDC — one of the nation’s most reputable and successful real estate auction companies — unloaded more than three dozen homes this weekend at a foreclosure auction in Golden, Colo., according to CBS4Denver.com.

All in a day’s work for the auctioneer, which is among the best at getting distressed homes off the market and occupied at a remarkable rate, selling more than 13,000 properties so far this year worth about $675 million.

Impressive to say the least … and we’re not even at the half-way point of 2010.

It’s an efficient process that gets families into homes, eliminates vacancies and takes a financial burden off banks.

So it’s not surprising that all parties — and communities — embrace REDC wherever and whenever it rolls into a new town, says company spokesperson Brad Fields:

“It’s taking a process that is traditionally a little slower and being able to very quickly get buyers into the property and revitalize those neighborhoods and create homes. It’s a little bit different of a process, but one that buyers shouldn’t be afraid of.”

REDC allows buyers and/or their representatives to place bids in-person or online. The process is safe, easy, and compliant with all legal regulations.

To check out the homes for sale at the upcoming foreclosure auctions, as well as to see when REDC will be coming to a city near you, click here.

Learn how to properly prepare and close successful short sale offers in record time with help and direction from investing pro, Sharon Restrepo.

Sharon will demonstrate how you can put the “short” back in short sale, leveraging the recently-introduced Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) program, which provides incentives for lenders to close these types of deals fast.

Register for “Short Sale Intensive Training” before it’s too late. Click here. The educational session is available to watch LIVE online during an information-packed presentation scheduled for Thursday, May 13, at 7 p.m. ET.

Here are just some of the many invaluable nuggets you will take away:

• How to make more money on short sale transactions
• How to put together the best short sale package
• When to avoid a short sale
• How to short sale as an investor or agent
• What banks are looking for when short selling

Expect more short sales (and great deals) to flood the market now and well into the future. So you need to know exactly what you’re getting into with short sales today and how to purchase them for pennies on the dollar as soon as tomorrow!

Register for “Short Sale Intensive Training” before it’s too late. Spots are limited and filling up FAST! CLICK HERE.

Webinars are LIVE educational sessions that let participants see, hear and interact with real estate experts right from their personal computer screens. In fact, Webinars are driven in part by visitor feedback and questions that are posed during the sessions. For more information and course offerings click here.