The true legal owner was a step-mother who had legally adopted the deceased and was in a nursing home with dementia in another state and a legally court appointed guardian who upon hearing she owned a house in California saw large potential dollar signs and refused to do anything.

Lila welcome to biggerpocketsMy suggestion is to interview several real estate agentsand to attend a few of your local reia meetingsAt your local reia meetings you most likely will connect with a few agent / investors ( networking )As Ned / Brandon stated - a few keyword alerts examples :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~San Diego, Sacramento, California, Anaheim ,North Carolina, South Carolina, Charlotte, etc

In my state, CA, bail bondsmen look up the case, see if satisfied and provide the recon or release in a matter of hours, often for no additional charge or $45 recon fee.

In California the deed can be signed prior to the close of escrow and the escrow company holds it until you actually proceed to closing and then it is recorded.

Hello everyone! I'm very excited to be on here and to start learning and meeting new people. I have no background in Real Estate except for that my husband is a new real estate agent and we hope to be able to work t...

Following the advice of some experienced investors on this site, I went ahead and registered for the California Real Estate Agent's course and should have my license in less than 2 months.

What can be done in CA will be different than the Midwest for example.

With any luck, some day I will have a wealth of info to share and pay it forward.I live in Yorba Linda, CA (Orange County).

The owner had 2 years of delinquent taxes and was weeks away from losing it to tax foreclosure (he owned the property free and clear, he lived in Long Beach, CA and hadn't seen the property in in 12 years.

In CA, 3% is a lot, but 5%, could be near $20,000.