He finds the attorneys or appointed agent of record as well as their contact information the moment the information gets published from the municipalities so you're the first call/email the agent receives.

Kevin,My advise is to seek out 2-3 independent Insurance agents (they represent multiple companies) that can write in CA. 

Zillow and other free sites are great, but I recommend using an RE Investment friendly Agent.

Your background is super impressive...agent, investor, and architect...I'd love to connect to see how we might be able to work together!

I really don't know how much the bids are going for nor is the listing agent legally bound to let me know the honest offers received so far.Any help would be appreciated!

As a real estate agent, have you met the requirements for real estate professional status?

I know many who use these groups to source deals and see many agent selling residential deals on FB. 

It's amazing how often I need to help course correct investors that have been fed bad info by other investors, incorrect blogs/articles, by agents that should know better, etc.

Do you have an agent that you work with in the area? 

Small and tough market so also will start looking OOS but for now we’re hoping to build a team of wholesalers, agents, and other lead sources.