Buy a Forclosure

It feels like the opportunity to actually get a decent deal by buying a foreclosure property is starting to come back. If you're buying one in Utah it seems the mild winter we have had makes it much less likely that the water pipes have burst because the home wasn't heated over the winter.

While this might not apply as much to bank owned homes learning how to purchase homes directly from the seller is a great house/life hack if the deal is right.