—At any time before the later of the filing of a certificate of sale by the clerk of the court or the time specified in the judgment, order, or decree of foreclosure, the mortgagor or the holder of any subordinate interest may cure the mortgagor’s indebtedness and prevent a foreclosure sale by paying the amount of moneys specified in the judgment, order, or decree of foreclosure, or if no judgment, order, or decree of foreclosure has been rendered, by tendering the performance due under the security agreement, including any amounts due because of the exercise of a right to accelerate, plus the reasonable expenses of proceeding to foreclosure incurred to the time of tender, including reasonable attorney’s fees of the creditor.

Because there are so many things you want to convey to the reader, and sometimes writing becomes an exercise in trying to cram all of those ideas into a simple letter.Start by getting very basic.

I believe there are many forum posts about list brokers on BP if that's of interest to you.As far as trying to get a data dump from the tax assessors themselves, I've tried many times over the years and it's usually an exercise in frustration and non-results.

I know that buyer should always beware, but I expect a retail home improvement store to exercise a bit more of an ethical practice than this, or am I wrong?

The exercise is valid but pretty academic.

To find out the real story to your book you will have to do an exercise called the seven levels deep.

@Danny WoodsonThis is a great exercise in running comps.  

The period between the time the transaction to purchase or sell a property is completed and the exercise of the Option is a "window".

Real estate can be good exercise though if you like house and yard work.

My man @Bruce Woodruff likely has a wealth of examples where he as a contractor exercised this skill.