Here in CO, if a junior lienholder forecloses and the foreclosure goes to auction, and someone wins that auction the public trustee (the county official who does foreclosures) WILL indeed issue a "public trustee deed".

The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe.

I also wonder how they will handle the increasing demands by a more affluent and educated public for more personal freedoms.

It's crazy how so many people were saying the article was even fake as a publicity stunt to get people to listen to his radio show.

(a) “Broker” means a person who, for another, and for a compensation or valuable consideration directly or indirectly paid or promised, expressly or impliedly, or with an intent to collect or receive a compensation or valuable consideration therefor, appraises, auctions, sells, exchanges, buys, rents, or offers, attempts or agrees to appraise, auction, or negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, or rental of business enterprises or business opportunities or any real property or any interest in or concerning the same, including mineral rights or leases, or who advertises or holds out to the public by any oral or printed solicitation or representation that she or he is engaged in the business of appraising, auctioning, buying, selling, exchanging, leasing, or renting business enterprises or business opportunities or real property of others or interests therein, including mineral rights, or who takes any part in the procuring of sellers, purchasers, lessors, or lessees of business enterprises or business opportunities or the real property of another, or leases, or interest therein, including mineral rights, or who directs or assists in the procuring of prospects or in the negotiation or closing of any transaction which does, or is calculated to, result in a sale, exchange, or leasing thereof, and who receives, expects, or is promised any compensation or valuable consideration, directly or indirectly therefor; and all persons who advertise rental property information or lists.

The redevelopment of the land into what is now Atlantic Station was financed largely by private investment, but was heavily supplemented by a special tax district to pay for city tax bonds for public utilities (streets, sidewalks, and sewers).

Your recourse is bad publicity.

Another option, in between is that of a syndication, which could be considered a non publicly traded REIT.  

Public records will show when the owner received the pre-foreclosure notice.  

Steven,My understanding is that the SEC will not be involved unless it is a "public offering".