Title Search for Liens in NC

[Jennifer M.]

Hi there

In the State of North Carolina, all property records are publicly available and easily assessable. I have been able to look up a lot of information on properties including all Deeds, Deeds or Trust, tax info, etc. But I do not know how to verify whether there are any liens on the properties. Is anyone familiar with how to search for liens? Particularly in Charlotte, North Carolina?

Also, are there any online Title Searches anyone can recommend?. I go back and forth on if I should do Title Searches. Seeing how most info is public in my state, I'm not sure if its worth paying much for a Title Search??? But then again, what about liens that may be on the property? If anyone knows of an affordable online Title Inquiry that would be helpful. 

Last question, seeing how there are so many properties on the foreclosure list, and you don't even know if you'll win the bid, how do you determine which properties to pay for Title searches? Don't want to waste my money running tons of searches and not even winning any of the bids.

Thanks in advance