Legal notices are fine but not intended to reveal what you're looking for (real property w/equity).You'll learn more about estates by schlepping down to the courthouse and reading the actual case files.

Yes,  no, maybe.The free seminar will be the warm up for the weekend seminar which will be the warm up for the "pay me a bunch of money and I will hold your hand and reveal secrets only know to a few"and I will make you rich.Don't worry if you have cash they take credit cards.IMHOGood Luck

They also won't reveal the agents that did the BPO's, which I'd be interested to look up their sales history and background in rehabbing properties.  

Each step you take reveals a new horizon.

Also, to get financing for a 101 unit apartment, you have to show you have experience or partner with someone with experience with a multi unit apartment of similar size.To get the building for as little money down as possible, listen to my podcast: http://Biggerpockets.com/show65In that podcast interview, I revealed how I was able to buy a $6M building (100+ units) with only $5,000 cash out of pocket.

If you inspection reveals that previously unexpected repairs are needed, your counter-offer should reflect that.

And, at the end of the day, the free market has a nasty habit of revealing the true value of any kind of asset at a static moment in time. 

Once you reveal you are related to the seller, the short sale will be disssllowed.  

If these are the things on the surface, I would imagine that bigger things would be revealed during the inspection, at which point I would like the option to walk away if I so choose without losing money.

If they were, they would have never revealed their techniques to you, but rather made tons of money quietly, without these pompous parades.