I called the local probate court office and was told that the probate case information is not published in the newspaper by the courts (it is the defendant's responsibility) and that there is no way to get the information at the courthouse or online.

Do you have a FSBO magazine in your area, newspaper, bulletin boards, craigslist, and don't forget to ask the neighbors if they know anyone that would like to move into thier neighborhood. :)

Based on what I've read in the news paper and heard on NPR, we are not the only people to have come into this situation.And here we are a few years later.

If you know the date of death of the former owner, pull up the obituary records in the local newspaper.

The problem is they have a publication requirement where you have to publish information about the creation of the LLC is two specific newspapers in your county, once a week for SIX WEEKS.

Place the home in the newspaper and attempt to find heirs, creditors etc.

There could probably be a whole article on this but I just know a few things about it and I might actually dig around BP to see if someone else here knows more about it since the redemption right is basically an option that you can sell to someone else and that opens up all kinds of doors and grey areas.Some local newspaper reading if you want to dig more into it, and if you click on the writers name, hes got a bunch of other local real estate articles that come in handy if you curious about the Portland market -http://www.oregonlive.com/front-porch/index.ssf/2013/01/judicial_foreclosures_jump_in.html

Our experience has been when you include the labour to install a properly sealed vapour barrier, followed by batt insulation, the difference between the two is <10%.If you are retrofitting an older (Second Empire, Victorian, Edwardian, etc) building where there was likely no insulation (or perhaps newspaper and sawdust), the outer sheeting is live-edge planks and you may be dealing with balloon framing, application of closed cell spray foam will be less expensive and much, much quicker than the labour required to achieve a full sealed vapour barrier with batt (or blown/packed cellulose) insulation.Q: How long does the spray foam process take?

This will consist of certified letters and advertising in the local newspaper. typically 2 weeks before a sale.

We scaled our marketing up fairly gradual but did both direct mail and newspaper marketing.