But there is no published, daily interest rate for hard money.

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This is often the main newspaper of the large city in the area, or the legal newspaper in larger cities.Many of the larger counties, such as Multnomah County in my area, Portland, Oregon, publish all court filings on line. 

-Visit the property and ask yourself if you want your family to live there.On the side note, would this research be published?

If it is listed and he is the agent I would think he is breaking his duty to the seller by not publishing the address (unless requested not to by the seller)In most states it is perfectly legal to approach a seller directly as long as you are not an agent yourself.

Open and notorious adverse possession is one way and you need to make notifications that you are going to be taking over the property, something published for all to see and have proof of this as well as paying the property taxes and taking care of the property.

This was published in Realty Times: https://realtytimes.com/advicefromtheexpert/item/1040479-does-staging-and-professional-photography-make-a-difference

You should consider putting together a pamphlet (of sorts) with pictures/video of the house, average rent (rentometer.com / finestexpert.com), CAP rate, comps, and house details of course (asking price, bd/ba/sqft, etc) Then I would jump on postlets.com and publish the information you put together. or Send the pamphlet to some wholesalers/investors and offer them ~$2500 if they find a buyer.

After several weeks HUD will reduce the price on this property and publish the re-listed property on a Friday.