Just to clarify, when you say building department, is that the county department?

If you do not want to join an agency for credit/background, and pay their fees, there are a few do it yourself ways to get some information--You can require the applicant provide you with their free credit report which they can obtain online--(you would have to know how to read and assess it), also you can go online for public records checks to see about evictions, and criminal public records. and thirdly, the landlord name & reference they provide to you, you can go to your county tax records online, put in the address or parcel # to see if the name on the property address really is the landlord, or just a friend that they have asked to pretend to be the landlord --that happens alot.

:0 Alex, if you don't feel like subscribing to realty trac or some of these other (pre) foreclosure websites, simply go to county recorder's office or contact county recorder's office in your target market and acquire list of Lis Pendens, NOD's nearing default (to be auctioned).

Thank GOD your not running the County!!

You are not going to find properties for cashflow in Orange County or most parts of San Fernando Valley though.

I'm doing the MLS search, Osceola county tax search, Osceola county property appraiser search and even the county records.

I know that I can find most of the information from the County but I was looking for Tax Foreclosure Investors on this site just to discuss Purchasing strategy & Exit Stratedy of this small market in Real Estate.

Is there a place to get a free foreclosure listing for Westchester County NY?

Unemployment is broke, and Calpers (once a $250 billion retirement pension fund for state / county employees) is also just about broke...

For San Bernardino county (California) if you take 90% of the lowest value range on Zillow it seems to be close.