The main reason someone would want to acquire foreclosed homes for sale is to be able to produce a profit from the purchase. There are many ways to do this. The most common is to buy the foreclosed home for less than the fair marked value and then to make cosmetic repairs or upgrades and then put the home back on the Market at the current market value. When it sales you make your profit. The other thing you can do is buy foreclosed homes do the same cosmetic up grades and then rent the property out to develop a stream of continuing income.