how to intelligently search through registry of deeds

[Timothy Woodland]

I have been using the public records a lot to search through and find properties with homeowners who may be open to discussions about selling their homes. I have spent hours on the site looking for opportunities but am not sure exactly what the best property to look for is.

When searching through the public records for a particular town, there is a column that says "type description" and lists things such as "discharge, mortgage, affidavit....etc.   Is there one particular type that I should be searching for that would indicate that the homeowner might be in distress and therefore looking to sell?