Originally posted by "fosters":An acquaintance of mine became an agent for this reason.

Hi fosters,Luckily the city I'm looking at also has the R of D online, and they don't charge to view the documents (Just to print them) so I can find out quite a bit that way--the mortgage is usually there and depending on the lender and/or if it is a variable rate, I can usually find the rate and figure out their payment.

fosters,Thanks for the reply!

Essentially it's about building, fostering and growing relationships.

While shopping and purchasing a house I used three, zillow.com, redfin.com (which I believe is somewhat local to the NorthEast) and alerts that my Long and Foster realtor set up.

My name is Aaron Foster.

Like I said I don't know much about it but I know enough to either just forget short sales and go the REO route OR if someone contacts me that is going to be over that time limit, refer them to a Realtor that can help them (of which being new I don't have anyone that I could recommend so calling all RE agents, this is a relationship we could foster that could be a win-win ...

F Foster It still shows up on the top right side of the page for me.

I get the distinct impression that this board fosters that environment unlike other boards I have read.I'm married with small kids and was born and raised in California.

My name is Eric Foster and I am currently a full time Real Estate Investor working both in Oregon and Washington.