Originally posted by @Shelley Gross:Do you know any California Trustees who can substitute in on a hard money loan and foreclose on a property You can scroll through the public notice section of any local newspaper and pick up countless trustees from there or, you might try Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP.

But the lists are free by buying the county legal newspaper. 

The default lists used to be published every year in a newspaper (what do they do now?).

You are certainly better at finding rentals than I am , I grew up in the newspaper age .

A few years ago the local newspaper wrote an article naming that area as the "Murder Factory" of Kansas City.  

Probably the best information about the economy of a particular area will come from area newspapers.

2) People are bidding on the loan being foreclosed,which is why every so often you'll read in the newspaper that a couple bought something at a FC sale thinking they got a great deal only to find out they still owe the first.You can bid any amount up to what you're owed including the fees you mentioned.

There are a few exceptions but the sale information is usually front page in the newspaper (Lane County) so anything that is decent, is bid at competitive auction (so not likely to be a great deal).

Post it on Craigslist and Zillow, the newspaper, Facebook and tell everyone you know that you are selling your house.I do recommend an MLS listing - I did a flat fee service once and had ok results.

In Alameda County, California, there is a newspaper that comes out that has a listing of each of the foreclosures that are scheduled to be sold every week.