Be sure you subscribe to the podcasts as well.I see that you are in near Fort Worth so check out the local Fort Worth REIAhttp://www.meetup.com/DFW-Real-Estate-Investor-Clu...Good Luck!

Sounds like your equity position can be calculated by the subscribers in the pool.

I recommend subscribing to the sub forums of the markets you have interest.

I've subscribed to realtytrac.com, foreclosures.com and foreclosure.com, not much difference among them for my state (CA) at least.And yes, the best info is at the courthouse or recorder's office - whichever is applicable in your state.

Almost certainly, people have figurued this out and perhaps you can meet some of them.I subscribed to one of the realtytrac type services for a while.

I subscribed to a bunch of wholesalers with the goal being to find some good off market deals but to my surprise half of them are just expired MLS listings that never sold while on market often at an even higher price and the other half aren't even good deals when you run the direct area for comps through the MLS. 

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He gets picked up 2-3 times a week to do community work to stay qualified & yet continues to work nights off the books.This form of 'underground' subsistence is more prevalent than we realize & I am convinced there is a 'play book' out there somewhere that these 'parasites' subscribe to.

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1.Subscribe to the BiggerPockets Money and Rookie Podcasts2.Attend the FREE WEBINARS3.Attend a Meetup in Your Area / virtual meet ups4.Purchase the Beginner Books: How to Invest in Real Estate, Set for Life, The House Hacking Strategy5.Peruse the forums!