How to find Pre-foreclosure properties?

[Sonny Sach]

Hey folks,

I know how to locate properties with tax liens using the county websites but is there a way to identify which properties are going to be entering the foreclosure process so I can contact the owners beforehand?

Thanks,

Sonny

[Evan Wiesner]

Go to the county recorder and pull the notice of defaults (sometimes these have different names depending on states). You can also pay realtytrac I believe for some states although it's not cheap. 

Depending on how early you want to get involved you're going to need to go pull the data yourself. And to be 100% accurate you should do that anyway.