Cleveland Pre Foreclosure List. Not So Easy To Get As I Hoped....

[Jon Passow]

I am kneed deep into researching how to generate leads and I came across an issue in Cuyahoga County. I called the County Clerks office who sent me to the Sheriff's office who said they don't generate Pre Foreclosure lists. They only deal in Foreclosures.

This didn't make sense to me since, from what I understand, pre foreclosures are public record and generally are listed somewhere. I know about RealtyTrac and all those list services, but to start, I was hoping to do some of the leg work myself plus I've heard that those lists are a bit out of date.

Anyone have experience in this that might be able to lend some guidance? I'm also looking in the counties surrounding west of Cleveland.

[Todd Jones]

Quote from @Maxwell Endres:

Hey Jon- Did you ever find out which department provides pre-foreclosures? I checked the website Steven offered/tried obtaining their bulk list but I guess their email no longer works unfortunately.

The daily legal news lists the Sheriff sales:

https://www.dln.com/sheriffsal...

The list of foreclosed homes are on the site  too.

Several years ago, I tried buying a home though them twice. They’re serious when they say “You can’t go near the home” but I drove by it as I didn’t want to buy site unseen. You go to the justice center on a weekday and they start the bid 70% below what the house was worth. If you check out some of the home, their gorgeous!

Problem is a bank rep (I believe) was there launching 1/2 the bids by 10s of thousands. The deals looked fantastic but I just kept getting out bided. Because of this, not many folks actually got a home on those days. Also, some were removed from the list that day as I assume the owner negotiated with their bank.

I may go back and see how it is now.