Keep in mind they are pulling the info from public records.

So here is what you can do right away if you want to take action:Step 1: Find a great lender that has been in the business at least 7 years, and that knows down-payment resources.Step 2: Talk to your parents, family, church, etc to see if they would be able to help you with the down payment.Step 3: Find a Real Estate broker that owns properties, that has been in the business for at least 10 years full time ( you want someone that worked the market before it crashed, made it through the lean years and sells now).Step 4: Based on the amount you get pre-approved see what is the best neighborhood you can afford, and if possible to be walking distance to public transportation, or close to Universities, Hospitals, Factories, etc, anywhere you'll have a stream of potential tenants.Step 5: Let us know when you succeeded and keep asking questions!

You can also obtain comps from county public records. 

Colombia native moved to the United States more than twenty years, with studies at the Universidad del Valle in Colombia in the profession of business administration.

Psst, hey Kelly... shh, don't tell the other guy that commented prior to you, He really comes off a bit buffoonish and I'm a firm believer in equal rights for the LGBTQF community and would never do anything to hurt their feelings on a public forum such as this. 

Here's a publication you might find interesting too, and start you off.

First, they would be able to find out that you are the owner anyways if they decided to look at the public records (don't know why they would). 

They are getting to know folks in their farming area, they are trying to get name recognition and their particular message/properties out to the public.

You may want to check out IRS Publication 523.

However be sure to read the terms of sale, the preceding statement is not necessarily true. ( I am talking public auctions on site, not courthouse step foreclosure auctions, they are a  different animal)To bid you will be expected to put down a grand or two usually in certified funds.