You can do some preliminary research here by searching my name or Donna Rishel or James Gray or others.The passage of the SAFT Act and the followup of Dodd-Frank Act have changed lending.

@Ned Carey  in our states were we are trust deed.. there is no judgment.. apparently.. if you stop paying on a mortgage and the lender either starts a foreclosure and abandon's it or there is no effort to collect.. after a certain amount of time the Lien is Voidable.I really did not dig into it once I reviewed my preliminary title report and no deed showed up.. only tax's..in Washington you cannot transfer title sub too ad valorum tax's they must be paid  so I did have to pay the 11k in back tax's plus the transfer tax..  

I'm in the very preliminary stages of investing in real estate.

He wanted to meet in person rather than discuss preliminary details via phone/email.

If you really want to be protected, and get info that is guaranteed or you have recourse if there are errors, there's no substitute for an actual Preliminary Title Report and owner's title insurance.

Once you do a lot of deals ,a lot of title places will do a quick preliminary search for you for free. 

I have preliminary soils report, and I have worked briefly with geotech who made a site visit and determined it is buildable.  

Yes definitely,I'm attempting to screen properties by doing a preliminary analysis before I ask my agent to check them out.

We do a preliminary application before that to be sure the prospective tenant qualifies, so that we don't have unqualified people needlessly paying for background/credit checks.

i give them a preliminary application.