All liens are publically recorded at the county clerk's office.

I just want a decent place to live, as I think the people at the public library are getting tired of finding me in the middle of the night making a home out of the bathroom stall floor.

I've found that when you are in any type of non traditional "JOB" or if you are a practicing Entrepreneur your biggest critics will be your family and friends...

they usually hold them in public place like Town Halls.if you visit a Town Hall - usually you'll be able to find info on upcoming foreclosures on bulletin boards - but the staff at the county office/town hall will have nothing to do with the process.Legal Notices are used to make sure that the auction is a public "hearing" so to speak.

however, i think if you're trying to raise capital for a business (non real estate), Corp lends itself better for this.

In today's world where lenders are looking at past deals it could come back and bite you really badly.As the information was posted publicly assume there is a public record, stored on back up servers and other places.

Beyond that the trustee, to provide even more protection should be a corporation (preferably by me a 3rd party non-profit corporation).

How about 95% LTV with only a 580 mid score NON-OWNER.

However, the advertising and other non-agent methods probably have weeded out the "motivated" (as you used the word) sellers before your agent has a shot at them.

As a volunteer for many different non-profit organizations it is important for me to give back.