As far as pre-foreclosure, its all public information.

For those of you who care about the broad economic outlook in your investment areas, here's the recent economics report from this month. http://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/b2fb1607-cbaa-4d20-871f-c58170cbf5c0/jec-state-economic-snapshots-september-2016.pdfIf that link doesn't go through, google for 'senate state economic snapshot September 2016' and you'll probably find it.

If you wait to bash me publicly on here, that doesn't help much of anything.

I've tried looking through public records on my county's website before (to look for liens etc.) but it is hard to find anything, especially when the seller is an entity that owns a lot of properties like banks and HUD.

I actually purchased my first home before the age of 30 in CA, and invested in several REIT companies (some I worked for previously as VP) including American Homes 4 Rent, Public Storage, and a few others including retail property portfolios. 

I would avoid the City of Detroit as many banks will not finance homes due to the lack of reliable public and utility services. 

I am joining BiggerPockets to obtain and further enhance my knowledge regarding Real Estate practices as well as meeting new faces that I can hope to provide assistance of my own as well as gain knowledge from them and their experiences.My expertise includes being involved in Public Relations and having worked in the Public Sector for many years.

Lots of threads are started by affiliates and this really looked like the same drawing assumptions......geeez, public forums!

I have been working in the financial services industry for almost 10 years now and thus had quite some exposure to other areas of investing (from private markets to public markets).

Public Sales of Real Estate vary with State Law.