[Z-man]

Sidney:
Thanks for the info -- the problem is that my RE agent that sold my home last year doesn't deal with foreclosures because there is less money in them, and the headaches are indeed greater. She's been burned with short-sales falling through after months and months of filing paperwork and going through meetings and what-not.

While I can understand my RE agent's frustration, and the fact that she would get zero commission out of a property I would buy at auction, I agree that a foreclosure agent would be able to do all the research necessary...

Thanks for the input...
-Z