How do you know if a seller is in pre-forclosure? Seller finance

[Shehryar Iqbal]

Hey Everyone! I am looking to find people who are facing foreclosure and have a little mortgage left or owe back taxes and may be in pre-foreclosure due to that, and possibly buy their house with seller financing. I know that is hard to find, but does anyone have any suggestions on how I can go about finding those? Also how can you check if a house has a mortgage on it?

Im also looking to get into the short-term rental game with a partner! Just took a full BP course with Avery Carl on STRs, and willing to do the legwork.

Thanks everyone for any suggestions!