I went on my local county clerk's website to find it and all I found was the foreclosure list.

The local abstractors banded together and brought their records together to try to reconstruct them.Modern day, I'm concerned that a courthouse will become subject to a ransomware attack freezing all transactions.

If you have a pure private lender that is local or one that operates as a real PML or private money lender you will and can avoid these pesky credit min scores, credit history, or other requirements that the institionalized HML/PML sources require you to have.The rate/points may be higher but such is life.

We have two SFH being built right now and negotiating with a local municipality on a 5 lot SFH development and a 49 lot development.

Even being there, I made plenty of costly mistakes.My best advice is to work with someone local and/or a team.

Make sure that letter is delivered, posted properly, and containing info according to your local law, or it could be ruled meaningless.

There are hundreds of others nationally, Internationally and locally that are all fighting over a few deals and thats driving prices up and margins down.

As you investigate your options in real estate, keep the following tips and ideas in mind:Determine Your Real Estate ObjectivesMake Use of Your Construction SkillsExamine Various ApproachesMaintain Your Mentorship LearningThink about short-term rentals and AirbnbCreate a Network and Look Into Local Real Estate MarketsSpread Out Your Investments Financial PlanningRemain FlexibleRemember, your hunger for learning and willingness to think outside the box are powerful assets in real estate.

Local investor in the area, happy to chat over a call sometime or grab coffee if you're in Raleigh

I'm not sure what part of FL you're in and what properties cost there but could you buy something locally and rent it out or do MTR or STR (to traveling nurses or corporate professionals and/or people vacationing)?