We were at the REDC auction in Sacramento bidding on properties in Contra Costa County this past weekend.

You can look up their loan(s) on your county recorder's website or at their office.

For the incomplete work, I'd make sure that there won't be any permit issues with the city and county.

See if your county has it online.

I was told to look for a local REI club, but we don't have any in my county, all are outside of my county and i don't know if they'd have interest in my area (even though the cashflow would be great).Thanks!

You'll want to get ahold of the child support agency (county) that holds that lien to find out the status of the case.

Find out if the counties you're interested in have the info online or have a way to get it directly.

If you can file a Schedule C with your personal taxes this year, and a Doing Business As (DBA) form for $10 at the local county courthouse, you can apply for a Solo 401(k), which--as mentioned above--has MUCH higher contribution rates.

The reason I am quite sure the bank owned it is the county records showed a foreclosure and quit claim deeds relinquishing rights to the property to the bank.

Most states and counties require any transfer to include stamp taxes based on the value, except to wholy owned subsidiaries.