Also, I've been searching for those free lists in the county websites (specially Los Angeles) and I had no luck whatsoever, do you mind giving us a hint?

Pre-foreclosures are an area that is highly regulated by federal law with serious teeth, you may not advise or assist in this area unless you are a certified credit counselor by HUD or an attorney, this is not an areas for new investors without having professional assistance.

City is now $30 a unit per year and county requires no registration whatsoever if the property is over 6 units.

blanket mortgage with all the properties on 1 loan. they will probably hook you up with some sort of NON-revolving line of credit for the first 12 months. they might go as low as 50c on a dollar ...it will be like pulling teeth to get anybody from lending department work on your case as its time consuming to merge single units under 1 loan ..but its doable ..persistence will get you some playing chips ..then you move "all in" on some REO ..turns out you were dealt KK vs AA and back to 9 to 5 ...just kidding ;-)

They are extremely unpredictable and should not have an influence whatsoever on a your decision to buy the property.

Rob Kniola Im pretty sure he has no teeth anyway so the elbow wouldn't work.

Probably not the best property to cut your teeth on unless you're simply looking at it as a learning by doing situation.Are you hiring a PM?

We tried to ask a couple of questions and she had no answers whatsoever. 

no access whatsoever, and the only terrain that would allow access was across her property. 

Much too crunchy and tough on your teeth!