Foreclosure Filing Report

[Francis Morris]

The local clerk in my market area sends out reports of recent foreclosure filing's. How can this be used to find deals. As an investor I am guessing it tips me off on a property that will likely go to auction, but does anyone know if you can reach out to the loan servicers/ or lender and get a jump on these properties prior to auction?

I am also an agent, and strictly speaking I guess i can expose any properties that will be auctioned to a client list to try and be of value?

Any tip's or useful ways to utilize this information would be great.

Thanks!