need to look online ,search REIA groups or go on meet up.com ,home owners association ,HOA association   and if there is no group , start one 

Upon graduation in 2015, my wife and I packed up our belonging and made our way West searching for that ocean breeze and ended up in Los Angeles.Experience:I made a great friend that recently introduced me to bigger pockets, and I've been hooked since.

You can search by keyword, such as real estate, and zip codeDo not assume that any particular group covers the area around their meeting location. 

How did you guys go about search for your different properties?

If you don't feel like searching for one, just contact the listing agent.

I tried searching the forums for this but didn't anything out there.

All true pre-foreclosure information should be easily accessible via a general MLS Tax search or county search combined with Spokeo or Anywho to get phone numbers, but many other people will have that info.

And yes than look up property records on county sites and due internet searches to try and track down homeowners.

@Dave Foster slightly off topic, but related- is there a way to sell an investment property and exchange it into an investment property overseas?  

They are doing the same relatively minimal amount of work regardless of how much capital the LLC holds.A good self-directed plan facilitator or attorney will have one or more preferred custodians they work with, as well as tighter integration between the legal and custodial processes.