If you are on this website, you're headed in the right direction.

@Kyle Johnston so I just re looked it up directly from the loan officer.  

They may not be all self directed but many are for good reason-control,true diversity, etc. 

But talking a little more about yourself and your investing experience will help the other members here point you in the right direction :-)

Im trying to obtain a tax delinquent list for direct mail.

In this scenario, the lenders do not file a lawsuit but rather file this document directly not he land records to provide proper notice to the public that the lender is intending to sell the property, usually via a private trustee's sale.

You would have to get incredibly lucky to close your first deal with only $2k worth of direct mail.

new to direct mail marketing.  

Feel free to reach out if you have any more specific questions about the Sacramento market or just buying your first investment property in general and I'll try to get you pointed in the right direction.

My properties are owned by a US corporation which is owned by my Canadian corporation, so I do not derive income directly from the US but only through profits that are repatriated to Canada which are then paid out to me by my Canadian company, not my US company.