Foreclosed Properties

You can go to the County Clerk and look up the address and see if there are leins on the mortgage.

check the delinquent tax lists

ask a neighbor

ask a realtor friend to find out for you (they have access to computer programs that have more financial detail on properties0

Set a bottle down in the middle of the road and give it a spin.

go to realitytrac, punch in the county that you want and use the map function, then hit center/zoom a few times to see which houses in the neighborhood are foreclosed or bank owned. Then hit details for each hit. Unless you are a member and pay money it will not tell you the address, but it will give a few property details and give a pic. I then go to Zillow.com to figure out which house the pic is of, and to get the address.

I think you can get one 20 day free trial, and during that time get addresses and all of the property details.

Thanks. I tried this for a few minutes, but I guess I would have to join to be allowed to view the area close enough. It is interesting though, and one might get lucky and just find the right address.

when I do it I get a pic and a street name, which is close enough for me to figure out the rest. I just looked at one on my street that I noticed a few months back, and see that it did sell at auction but I cant find the price. Given that my value on zillow has gone down 2K in the last month I figure it was not good though.