All Forum Posts by: James Work

Hello y'all, working on generating leads through public record searches in both Thurston and Snohomish county, Washington State.  Having difficulty finding records or notice of foreclosed properties pending auction in both counties.  Any advice on search criteria, or do you make a records request?  If so, what is your criteria for requests?

Snohomish Record Search: http://www.snoco.org/RecordedDocuments/

Thurston Record Search: https://fortress.wa.gov/thurstonco/eagleweb/thurstonrecorder/eagleweb/docSearch.jsp?searchId=4

Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you,

- jw

How does this law affect the act of buying pre-foreclosure homes in Washington State?  Given a property in pre-foreclosure is by definition distressed, does this law affect buyers of pre-foreclosure distressed homes if the seller moves out of the property after the sale and thereby avoids foreclosure while the buyer avoids 'predatory lending' practices?  I keep seeing advice that Washington investors avoid pre-foreclosure home sales due to this law.  Is there a work-around that you all use in practice to avoid litigation or do you entirely avoid making offers on pre-foreclosure in Washington State? 

I'm also interested in the implications of this law as applied to buying pre-foreclosure properties in Washington State.  Can anyone from Washington chime in on their experience buying pre-foreclosure homes and the implications this law has on purchasers and sellers?