You can conduct your own search, YES.

You just have to be certain to conduct scheduled maintenance. 

However, you should always be conducting your own research to see which areas returns work best for your own investing strategy. 

Could someone who is familiar with working with non performing 1st please help me in how to properly conduct the due diligence for these notes.

I think you might be confusing sales that are conducted from tax sales in Georgia.

@Dion DePaoli With regard to Dodd-Frank, what investors need to know is how to conduct themselves so that they stay out of trouble.   

The Greystar Management company settled Nelson's claim for $1.5M.The lawsuit was filed on the premise that a person who rents a property from a landlord or manager expects proper background checks to be conducted on other renters.

Profits in buying and renovating homes by Lawrence Dorwin And myriad books on emotional intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Dale Carnegie, etc to deal with the part of how to conduct yourself in the business worldWhat's in your library?

It is critical to properly set up your accounting package so the funds are properly accounted for with each property.You need to be clear on how various entities are viewed with regard to your "ownership", and whether that would affect your ability to conduct "real estate activities" for others.

There is an international real estate forum here where there are more people who conduct business in Mexico who would be able to help a little bit more.