For "current" sales, look for:"Report Of Foreclosure Sale/Resale" http://www.nccourts.org/forms/Documents/671.pdf"Notice Of Upset Bid Notice To Trustee Or Mortagee"http://www.nccourts.org/forms/Documents/452.pdfSome courthouses have these filings in a 3-ring binder for public convenience.

This is a public forum and if your method is legal and valid, you should not be getting any "heat" from anyone.

I came across a vacant property, public records show title is the name of trust ("Alex Smith Revocable Trust") - I wanted to see if it makes sense to contact Alex Smith regarding selling the property.The trust documents are not public for obvious reasons......

I was thinking of dividing the space with plywood sheathed partitions and charging $50/month (10'x20') for each.

They have a database of all the Public Announcements (which is what the tax sales fall under here) by Parish.

Why is it a good neighborhood, what are the values of the properties, what is a good deal and what is a bad deal in a given neighborhood market, is it up and coming or trending downward, are the schools good, is it near public transportaion (which I find particularly important for residential rental properties).

Think mice, as they can get into the same types of spaces.4) Get some of the electronic rodent/pest deterent devices that plug into your electrical system.

The only thing you can do is watch the public records after the home sells and see if the sales amount is less than what you offered, but that does not guarantee anything.

Property management is currently being done by a band member who's renting a space and that $ is accounted for in expenses.

Auction.com handles foreclosures too... and likely H&M as well... so this is dangerous water to wade in without experience.Absolute first step is to learn how to access all necessary public records in order to conduct a basic title search on your own.