What I do to see if the seller is motivated is, I pull title reports on properties to see how much a seller paid for the property and the balances of the mortgage.

I'm going to tag @Michele Fischer since she used to invest in Longview and may know some resources for you.We work with Quinn Posner, who also represents the Clark County Rental Association.

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

I did clear the liens and paid for them in advance of closing in order to clear title to close which took some time as they were old liens.

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Ok thank you, did some further research and found out that the title had lien so I started looking at different properties

Good title companies in Indiana?

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Don't know if you have a similar website for Ohio but I found a site called Montana Cadastral that seems to give all the title info plus property details by address (or several other search options) for free.

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