In spite of the title, don't even think of setting one of these up on your own, but education is excellent.

It seems there is potential here and I'm not educated enough to see it clearly.

Hey BPers, I'm piggy-backing off of a thread I started in the Real Estate Marketing Forum: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/113063-pre-foreclosure-foreclosure-leads-in-a-judicial-foreclosure-stateA quick summary for those not interested in reading that thread, foreclosure processes in judicial states are handled within the court system and as a result there are no public notices required like in non-judicial foreclosure states.

That will educate on a lot of different strategies people pursue within Real Estate investing.

Other alternatives we've considered are to stay put and build up a down payment on a duplex, but again we are pretty green and I'm just trying to get an education right now!

The "free" option but the one that will take the most time is by accessing the public records either at the court house or online through their database portal.Another option is to pay around a $100 for a title search.

Take your time and educate yourself, then when you're comfortable you can pull the trigger.

I am not suggesting you create you own LLC by yourself the first time out, but being educated will help you get better results from working with an attorney.Send me a PM if you can't find them on Google.Good luck - Ned

I am in education, but was in real estate for a couple of years.

For the last year I have been educating and preparing myself on everything about REI.