I happened across this forum when I randomly decided to google "real estate investing forum", and I must say, it is a veritable treasure trove of information.A little about myself: I'm 23 and getting my marketing degree from University of Illinois at Chicago in six months.

I get a call from the listing agent that the seller accepted my offer but we had to close in 2 days..... obviously not gonna happen since our loan was FHA so we lost the deal.I searched for the county treasurer, and then was able to find out who the attorney was and after 2 weeks of fighting with them i found out who the REO was, and then found out who the listing agent was.

He happens to be the middle house of 3 that are between the pres and his bro, and the treasurer, and all their efforts don't move the fellow.

**************/Images/Storefront/taxsale/FAQs_11Sep07.pdfCamden County, MO - Delinquent Tax Saleshttp://camdenmo.org/collector/delinquenttaxsales.htmDarlington County, SC - Delinquent Tax Saleshttp://www.darcosc.com/TaxCollector/Eagle County, CO - Delinquent Tax Saleshttp://www.eaglecounty.us/treasurer/taxSale.cfmForsyth County, GA - Delinquent Tax Saleshttp://www.forsythco.com/DeptPage.asp?

All of the auction specifics are located on the Los Angeles County Treasurer & Tax collectors web site.

Adam, I think you should take a few trips down to your local REIA and see if you can network with some local people in your market.Secondly, rummage through the treasure chest here on BP, they have some great post in previous threads in blogs that relates directly to what you want to do.

Maybe there's some treasures in the attic?

Tax lien records can often, but not always, obtained from the County Tax collector or Treasurer.

Certain property assessor sites and treasurer sites will have some of the information you're looking for.

I don't know what your laws are up there (disclosure: I am not an attorney or title expert) but, I do sit on a Board as the treasurer and can tell you first hand, you do not want someone like me seeing this kind of deliberate action in my state, and here is why; Illinois, allows associations to file judgements and put liens on your condo if you are delinquent on association dues.