Help with Pre-Foreclosures and Probates - Austin, TX

[Roger Plummer]

Hello - 

I'm looking for what to search for on Travis County Clerks website to pull probates and foreclosures. I thought it would be simple at first but now that I've found the link, I could use some help. I found this link for probates. After doing a search for this month's, it returned around 100 results with several different types of cases below:

PB ADMIN IND WITH HEIRSHIP

PB ADMIN IND/WILL ANNEXED

PB COURT INITIATED

PB GRDNSHP ADULT PER/ESTATE

PB GRDNSHP ADULT PERSON

PB HEIRSHIP

PB OTHER - PROBATE

PB PROBATE LTRS TESTAMENTARY

PB PROBATE MUNIMENT OF TITLE

PB SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVIT

Does this matter at all? Am I looking for a specific type of probate or does any probate constitute a lead?

Additionally, I found a different  link for Foreclosures. This link looks awesome because it appears as though you can search for pre-foreclosures AND probates. There is a filter for "Document Type" but I can't tell which type I should be highlighting. The following fields are listed and i've bolded what my gut says but any help would appreciated:

ABANDONMENT OF ASSUMED NAMES

ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT

AFFIDAVIT

AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM

AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP

AGREEMENT

AMEND LIS PENDENS

AMENDMENT

AMENDMENT DEED OF TRUST

AMENDMENT FIN STATEMENT

ANNEXATION

APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE

APPT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

ARTICLE OF MERGER

ASSESSMENT LIEN

ASSUMED NAMES (DBA)

BILL OF SALE

BOND

BONDS AND OATHS

BROKER'S LIEN

CANCEL TRANSFER OF DEATH DEED

CEMETERY DEED

CERT COPY OF DIVORCE

CERT COPY OF JUDGEMENT

CERT COPY OF PROBATE

CERTIFICATE

CHILD SUPPORT LIEN

CHILD SUPPORT LIEN RELEASE

COLLATERAL TRANSFER

COLLATERAL TRFSR RELEASE

CONDO PLAT

CONSENT

CONTINUATION OF FINANCING STAT

CONTRACT OF SALE

CORPORATE RESOLUTION

CORRECTION OF DEED OF TRUST

DECLARATION

DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM

DECLARATION OF DOMESTIC PART

DEED

DEED OF TRUST

DESIGNATION OF HMSTD

DISCHARGE

DISCLAIMER

DISCLAIMER OF HOMESTEAD

DISSOLUTION OF DOM PART

EASEMENT

ESTATE TAX LIEN

EXTENSION AGREEMENT

FEDERAL TAX LIENS AND NOTICES

FEDERAL TAX RELEASES AND WAIVERS

FINANCING STATEMENT

HOME EQUITY LOAN

HOSPITAL LIEN

HOSPITAL RELEASE

INFORMATION

INHERITANCE TAX CERT

INST # CANCELLED

JUDGEMENT

LEASE

LIEN

LIS PENDENS

MECHANIC'S LIEN

MEMORANDUM

MODIFICATION

NOTE

NOTICE

NOTICE & RECEIPT

NOTICE OF BOND

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE

ORDER

ORDINANCE

OTHER

PARTIAL CS LIEN RELEASE

PARTIAL RELEASE

PARTIAL RELEASE ABS JDGMT

PARTIAL RELEASE EASEMENT

PARTIAL RELEASE FIN STMT

PARTIAL RELEASE LIS PENDENS

PARTIAL RELEASE STATE TAX LIEN

PARTIAL TRANSFER

PARTIAL VACATION OF PLATS

PLATS

POSTED MEETING NOTICES

POWER OF ATTORNEY

PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE

PUBLIC WEIGHERS BOND

RATIFICATION PLAT

RECORDING

RELEASE

RELEASE ABS OF JDGMT

RELEASE CONDOMINIUM

RELEASE EASEMENT

RELEASE ESTATE TAX LIEN

RELEASE FIN STATEMENT

RELEASE LIS PENDENS

RELEASE MECHANIC'S LIEN

REMOVE TRUSTEE

RESTRICTION

REVOCATION OF POWER OF ATTORNE

ST JUDGEMENT RELEASE

STATE JUDGEMENT

STATE TAX LIEN

STATE TAX LR

STATE TAX RELEASE

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT

TERMINATION OF FIN STMT

TRANSFER

TRANSFER ABS OF JDGMNT

TRANSFER FIN STMT

TRANSFER OF STATE JUDGEMENT

TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED

TRUST

UCC-1 NON STD OPR

UCC-1 STD OPR

UCC-3 NSTD OPR

UCC-3 STD OPR

UNKNOWN CEMETERY DEED

VACATION OF PLAT

VARIANCE

VOID

WAIVER

WARRANTY DEED

[Rebecca Knox]

I did what John suggested for both pre-foreclosures and probate. When I knew that I wanted to handle probate leads, I called a few attorneys who walked me through the process for free.  When I made the initial call, I told them what I do and that I was looking for attorneys to recommend to clients that are familiar with the probate process and also estate planning.  Also, if you have some funds, you can try Probate Daily--they give you an Excel list of all probates that hit your selected county weekly. You pay per county.