You could probably get an appointment with that attorney and just ask him, maybe he is flipping them, maybe he doesn'twant them all, maybe he could call you after publication.

Which really isn't a problem because typically I only look for houses in this manner before or after an appointment within the subject properties subdivision.

Set the Appointment with the seller, then research values of sold properties (comps) and market rent.2.

I even drove from New York one weekend to meet with him and he never followed up with me to let me know he canceled our appointment to look over the problems.

I found a couple of houses, I went on the appointments, I made a couple of offers, and i got one accepted. 

We have had a few deals come through that look like good deals, but either can't get the seller to answer/return our calls, the seller is a no show or cancels appointments to meet us at the house, or we have found out after an appointment that the seller has liens that he/she failed to mention that put their owe balance way above our MAO. 

Was an administrator appointed? 

I setup an appointment with him in a couple of days.  

Still, somehow, magically people show up to tours with three pit bulls despite the fact I noted at the top and bottom of my listing the screening criteria that includes this, AND I mention it in email before booking an appointment, getting them to acknowledge they meet the screening criteria.

From all my research I have narrowed it down to setting up an appointment with Keller Williams and EXP.