I also published a book on this topic and will give anyone who wants it, a complementary copy

Hi Coline,One of the biggest pitfalls we've seen investors make during our real estate research at algoreit.com is limiting themselves to a specific market (city).By looking for opportunities in a limited area, investors may suffer losses of 15% or more during investment lifetime.I encourage you to boarden you search - you might be surprised with what you'll find.BTW,We are now starting to publish our research findings on: blog.algoreit.comBest of luck!

@David Krulac - What was the book and when was it published?

You could publish it on the web if you wanted, End result, you sold a property and charged a commission. 

Wow, I think the answer to your questions would fill up a book that could be published.

I think all of the neighborhood associations publish minutes.

That's risky to me should something happen.2) Are you willing to share the address (even via a PM if you don't want to publish it)?

A sale can take place 30 days following, provided its not less than 190 days from the date of default) The sheriff must publish a notice of the sale once a week, consecutively, for four (4) weeks, in any daily or weekly legal newspaper of of general circulation published in the county in which the property is located.

Those could include IRS liens against the previous owners.Does the county for this property publish previous results?

My advice would be to read First to a Million (and the workbook), published by none other than Bigger Pockets.