Two separate stories exist: first, the public must be wary of those groups that target the naive through a variety of false schemes.

HELLO EVERYONE:does any one have an idea what kind of information you can get from a city hall public records.we have a REO property in attorney review, we like to know like what kind of updates has been  done on this property, the banks don't talk.First time buyers. my lawyer says the bank don't do any disclosure,  is this righ?

One of the most common "common law" or equity remedies is public policy. 

We don't have the same rental cash flow but our appreciation and public demographics trump most states.

When I speak publicly about investing, I like to say, "99% of the licensees out there make the rest of us look bad."

Listed properties are being marketed to the public.  

Strange that should be public and not locked down.

Some of the info Im looking to find is for my local area MD/PG County area is:-Market inventory-Avg days on the market-Median sale price-Forclosure rates I've read some of this info if not all is collected by the local board of realtors & released to the public quarterly/monthly.

I would continue to dig in public records for another loan.  

., though that does not settle the issue of possession since the previous owner might still be in the property and you may still have to evict them.So, your list source is likely to be any source which mines the public records for specific information and then sells lists of properties based on the information you select, such as tax issues.