Hi, Paul I'm from Centre AL in Cherokee county.

The houses nearby was built in the early 1900's.Anyway I was thinking i would go down to the county recorders office to save some money on a title search and get my feet wet so to say.

Here is the information I have...forget all other banks mentioned as that info was given to us by the seller and may or may not be reliable.Chain:Deed of Trust 1st Mariner04/99 for $333KLiber 2683 Folio 415-420Deed of Trust Greenpoint Mortgage Funding03/03 for $419KLiber 3642 Folio 252Within this document it states:Refinance Deed of Trust at Liber 2683 Folio 415 paid balance of loan $320528.66 leaving $0 balanceCertificate of Satisfaction Greenpoint Mortgage Funding12/03Satisfies Liber 3642 Folio 252The only other document that we have is a letter from 1st Mariner stating that they sold the loan to Residential Funding Corporation.This is all we were able to obtain from the county records.

Al Williamson, that is really good advice.

Check with county treasurer, you can find the mailing address of the owner if they are an absentee owner , or at the very least the name of the owner.

I looked at the county records and it lists the owner of the property as the Secretary of Urban and Housing Development.

Todd Carel - go to Zillow and pull up the houses listed between $15 and $35K in Oklahoma County.

I am actually just getting started on real estate investing and am in Santa Clara County too.

Dr Cash Flow:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/79/topics/73743-dr-cashflow-aka-nick-sidoti@Al Williamson wrote a blog post about his system

Al Williamson gives good advice.