It is best to contact the county clerk office for the county and or go/call to the courthouse where deeds are recorded and ask them if they know of a service that compiles and provides the list to the public for a small fee.In Houston, Harris County they use a law firm PUBLICANS.com there one can pull the tax deed sale property for next month at NO fee... but it is also available for a fee from a foreclosure listing service that compiles it along with the BANK foreclosures for about 40 a month... so you get both in a nice neat list!

Here's the law in CA: CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 890-894 890.

Learn all the laws and learn your area.

Or you can let realtors know you have a wholesale deal, and wanted to know if they work with investors who are buying properties at wholesale.I truly find the internet might be your best bet though(Craiglist)Ask yourself how can you help that realtor, and the law of reciprocity should take over.

That isn't because of agency laws, but because you are have a very high chance of losing the deal without a written contract.How you "skirt" being a broker is that a wholesaler has an equitable interest in the property via a contract to purchase the property.

In AZ, the commission is not set by law, and in the paperwork, it is written out that the commission is negotiable.

This is where my trusted agent failed me yet again-she said very clearly that I could not use ANY of those papers she gave me, it would be aviolation of copyright law.

I can't wait for my course in Contract Law...

Thanks DemosL,How much would you say it would cost me to gather that info from out of state, to find out about there contracts, state laws etc?

I am managing my Mother in law's home that she has leased to a tenant for 1 yr.