@Bill Exeter If I use owner financing and live in the property - My name would not be at the court house.?

This sounds like a guaranteed way to find yourself in court defending against several plaintiffs.

They can turn it over to the clerk of courts if they don't want to hold it anymore, but you will have to duke it out with the seller to come to an agreement. 

I have several investments with POL that have been in foreclosure for awhile, one in New Jersey which started in State court and then they switched it to Federal Court and when I asked why they didnt just start in Federal court I did not get a logical answer.

When driving for dollars, you are targeting a specific geographic area that you want to invest in or that you know will be appealing to other investors.  

It's Judge Judy, Judge Mathis, and The People's Court's fault!

it doesn't cost the investor any money or time to have you look for him/her.but still, in order to make good use of YOUR TIME, study your local market, set up shop, get used to looking at properties and consider some of the legalities - then go for it.bird dogging is appealing to the new investor because of the lack of risk...but it can also mean a lack of M O N E Ygood luck!

So sometimes people who weren't in trouble just walked away from their houses, which cascaded the problem.In fact one result of this activity was that the bulletin board at the Harris County Court House FELL OFF THE WALL, from the weight of all the Trustee's Sale notices posted on it!

You go to court and get a JUDGEMENT against them for the amount.

Because when I get everything settled in my office over here, I am seriously sending a number of branch managers to court, including one I met off this site.