I've paid an FHA appraiser to do a 20 minute preliminary, non official, inspection to catch things I may not, prior to the FHA appraisal.

Since the owner does not know, how do I find out when the notice of default was served and how long before the home is officially foreclosed on2.

Go and talk to local bankers and you government officials about programs that they may or may not have.

But due to my finances I didn't have $25k to officially join the club  and start taking the courses so I was forced to look at other options.

You may not know but the official sites owe you one credit report per year.  

Their name changed from Tenants Union of Seattle to Tenants Union of Washington State, a reflection of their new focus.http://www.tenantsunion.org/en The Washington Rental Owners Association has the most powerful lobby in favor of landlords.

The one time it was measured lower than the official sqft record was because of an enclosed patio and some disagreement about whether it should be included in the sqft or not.

Attach the paid, "official, licensed" appraisers work with your own.

There may be some slight changes since the official counts come out after all certificates are paid.Number of liens sold to investors:2016 - 1,880 (1,600 bought by investors - 280 Struck to County as no bidders)2015 - 2,039 (1,808 bought by investors - because 231 struck to county as no bidders)2014 - 2,5752013 - 2,382Total dollar of liens sold:2016 - $1,874,010.88  ( $1,694,277.89 bought by investors and $179,732.99 not sold)2015 - $2,678,533.35 ($2,336,551.03 bought by investors - $341,982.32 not sold)2014 - $3,015,871.872013 - $3,435,014.32Average rate of return overall:2016 - 6.28% (5.25% by investors when subtracting out struck to county liens which all get 16%)2015 - 6.75% (5.40% by investors when subtracting out struck to county liens which all get 16%)2014 - 5.86%2013 - 6.55%Number of Investors who won liens:2016 - 742015 - 89 2014 - 1162013 - 201Total Number of bids for all liens:2016 - 8,8232015 - 10,5252014 - 18,8122013 - 99,073,789You bid down the interest rate in 1% increments from 16% down to 0%.

And while Ogden, in Weber County, has made some great strides recently, it now has at least one officially "blighted" area, and the city is beginning to think about redevelopment.