the county sheriff, who will administer the sale, have a website where the lists are posted. it is right there from the source. adresses, names, dates, etc 

Depends on state laws and how far they carry the requirement of using your money vs. administering other funds to conduct brokerage operations. :)

This is more of an effective way to find probate leads.Or grab the San Diego Tribune or on-line http://www.legalnotice.org/pl/sandiego/ and look for "Notice of Petition to Administer Estate" to start your path of least resistance. 

I have a BS from Oakland University in Management Information Resources and a Masters ofScience in Administation in Resource Information Systems from Central Michigan University.My husband and I own a rental house in Michigan (that use to be our home) two lake front lots in Northern Michigan for Speculation properties, and a duplex in Birmingham, Alabama where we live now.

This generally involves a certain degree of destructive inspection which you would be responsible of repairing unless the homeowner, bank, law firm or in some cases insurance company is willing to pay you to do the reparation of the destruction you had to administer in order to determine the degree of damage.I've had decades of hands on experience doing these types of repair projects and many of them have ended up costing tens of thousands of dollars.

I agree that 401k's (self administered, AKA solo k plans) are far superior to SDIRA's.

Though it's a national law now, it's administered a bit differently from state to state.I know Lonnie has a Boot Camp coming up I believe in October.

@Carol BloomThe IRA owned LLC does not change the tax rules, it simply allows you to directly administer investments through the vehicle of the LLC. 

Over 10 years ago, my wife and I rolled over some funds we had in our IRA's to purchase a piece of property under a self directedIRA administered by a trust company. in the Fall, 2017 I turned 70 and decided to roll the property out of Trust IRA as thefees for the trust company to administer the funds plus pay taxes on the RMD distribution was just too burdensome. 

They have dozens or hundreds of listings, and an overwhelming number of "to-dos" related to properly administering those listings.