Charleston even though I stumbled on it from the advice from one of the TV guru's I know 5 years ago.. but it tooks some kahuna's to build new construction were we did.. so in a way I think we took risk that most would not take  and we got rewarded.Log prices in our area are way up  though .. my partner in my logging concern ( I no longer am a partner so I guess X partner is more accurate) is doing quite well..

@Deanna McCormick I remember stumbling across a thread on here where people were saying they are afraid to tell tenants they are the owners!

I finally stumbled through the links and found this:Question 2: How can I get listings of HUD homes for sale?

Down at the local library I've checked out a ton of books on as many subjects I can find from short sales, negotiating, financing, to title insurance to landlording and am working my way through them.My goals right now are to:1)educate myself about all types of real estate investing.2)maintain and continue to improve my credit scoreI hope to be ready to begin investing in Real Estate after I graduate, until then I'll continue to sock away money in the index.The wealth of information is truly incredible and am so glad that I was able to stumble upon this site.I am excited to join this community and continue to learn.Larry

I was listening to the Bigger Pockets Real Estate Rookie Podcast (#51 - Kevin Christiansen) last night, and the guest (from Pennsylvania, I believe) was recounting an anecdote of how he stumbled upon a FSBO (sign in the yard type of deal).

I stumbled upon the fannie mae exception here on the BP forums that the others have referenced. 

If you can eliminate the stumbling blocks in the middle - you will get somewhere.

Stumbled across this.

When I started my research on the subject, I stumbled upon Bigger Pockets and joined it right away and started reading all the old posts, asking you guys questions, etc.

Try the recorder search, if there was: http://www.mcad-tx.org/html/records.html Your best bet may be to just call the appraisal district and ask for help: http://www.mcad-tx.org/index.html Actually, after playing around for a while with everything I could find I stumbled onto over 150+ of the auction properties with their real physical addresses between Harris/Montgomery.