At some point, buying a house at ridiculously low distress sale foreclosure prices is going to be serious competition to the rents.
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The titles are clouded , the previously foreclosed houses are unsalable except for cash only and with a “special warranty deed” meaning once you pay all the title problems are yours except for the few weeks/months when the person you just bought from owned it.
The only buyers are “investors” ,, not regular retail purchases..
Some of the foreclosures have title problems, but by no means all.