I have a tool in the upper right corner on my blog that will take you directly to the HUD site for your state , then I would suggest going in and reading the broker manual and the forms for buying a HUD home in your state, many states list the home for 10 days as owner occ, then on the 11th day it can be bid on by "all purchasers" which would be you as an investor.I have never heard of hard money lenders looking at your own home, they are typically concerned with the home that you are buying.

I figure better to have two of the same tool than none at all.

I've spent a lot of time trying to find something online that will let me search for apartment buildings for sale and come up empty.

I'm just looking to network online a little bit, I mean if mostly everybody is online looking for real estate and properties, why not be there and give them a helping hand right.

Usually you can find it online.

Is anybody else out there using this incredible tool?

Anyone know if L.A. county provide public records online?

I haven't used it, but we provide a great FREE Online Property Analysis Tool here at BiggerPockets!

I happened to stumple upon a home on-line on a realtor website.

Then we run into the problem, as is unique to the age we live in, of finding a legitimate lender on-line.