# How complicated is it to buy foreclosed property?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-complicated-is-it-to-buy-foreclosed-property/399585 "2007-04-11T01:29:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-complicated-is-it-to-buy-foreclosed-property/399585/1 "2007-04-11T01:29:18Z")

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and how do you go about doing it?

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-complicated-is-it-to-buy-foreclosed-property/399585/2 "2007-04-11T01:48:31Z")

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I’d call around for brokers who specialize in turning REO properties, assuming the lender who has taken back the property doesn’t handle that directly. The REO departments that I work with have favored agents who get their listings.