Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Abandoned Homes For Sale: Find HUD Deals NOW! #shorts

10 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Tommy Dobczyk explains how HUD‑approved abandoned houses become auction listings when owners abandon them. He walks viewers through an online map interface, focusing on Arizona’s Maricopa County and the city of Buckeye. He highlights a specific 5‑bedroom, 2‑bath property listed at $360,000 with bidding opening the next day. Tommy describes how the platform provides direct access to asset managers, listing brokers, and field service managers, and emphasizes that these deals are often paperwork‑intensive and require substantial cash. He advises prospective buyers to have proof of funds and a legal review ready before participating in the auction.

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What you're gonna be getting is houses that were HUD approved and on HUD that are now needing an owner because somebody abandoned them, right? So this is a map of where to start looking, right? These are all the listings. Let's go to Arizona. We know the area pretty good. So these are, you know, houses that are, you know, bids are opening right here. So $600,000, $600,000. These are down in, in Maricopa. These are— these got crazy prices. Go over here, click on that, on this map real quick. I want to see what the map shows right here in Buckeye. See that Buckeye one right there? Do you see the Buckeye one right there? Yeah. Okay, so this is in what's called Buckeye, Arizona. It's a 5-bed, 2-bath, and it's up for— it's a new listing. Bidding starts tomorrow, and it's at $360,000. So I can, I can understand this property. I know the area. So when I look at this property, if you want to click that, we can look at it. And so this, this being $360,000, you know, it's, it's basically been turned into an auction situation. So, um, it gives you access to the asset managers, the listing brokers, the field service managers. It says there that you can do basically from the same website, look for distressed properties and loan opportunities, right? So it says right here, these can be paperwork heavy and cash heavy. So have proof of funds and legal review ready, right?