I stopped working for someone else at age 42 and went into real estate full time with zero residual cash flow coming in monthly, though I did have cash and access to cash. 

I currently have access to the County "Foreclosure Notice" site.

However, they can also make it very difficult for owners to do this by restricting access to guest services or even access through locked gates.

mls access will show you what properties cost as well.  

They have access to MLS and automatic searches, which can allow them to weed out a TON of the properties that do not fit your qualifications and allows you to look at them before they would show them to you. 

I purchased it last September for 64K and it was recently accessed for 80K.

It's tenant occupied and not immediately accessible and we're deciding if we should accept a counter offer they gave us as a credit instead of repair. 

BP not only lets you connect with other investors, it also has free online information for you to access as well including online videos and courses.

When folks headhunt me, I ask for three things.1) Access to their interest rate pricing.2) Put me on the phone with the regional underwriting manager. 3) Put me on the phone with your regional operations manager.4) I'm not interested in talking to you, headhunter/recruiter dude, so go away.I have found that there is absolutely a trade-off.

We have excellent credit and access to 80K.