Where can I find foreclosures besides the internet?
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All foreclosure proceedings have to go through a public notice period where the default and foreclosure notices must be published in a local newspaper and often posted on a bulletin board at the county courthouse. You should look for these in the classified section of major newspapers in your area. The requirement is that the notice be published in only one newspaper of wide circulation, so you will find some newspapers tend to get most of the notices or none at all. You might also look for notices in small newspapers that specialize in legal notices. In some areas there are newspapers that publish nothing but legal notices. You can also visit the county courthouse and ask the county recorder where they post the notices. In most states they HAVE to be publicly available whether on-line or on a physical bulletin board. Your local title companies can probably help you find the best place to look and might be able to supply notices to you directly.
By the way, if interested, you should attend a foreclosure auction held on the courthouse steps sometime. When it is attended (they often aren't) it can be very amusing to watch the bidding.
Try our local courthouse, the county clerk or tax assessors office there can give you foreclosure info free of charge. If you are well known by any of the bankers at your bank they may be able to offer you some free info as well.
In my area the Sherriffs Office is responsible for the auctions at the Courthouse.
They post the auction schedule, and a list of properties in advance at the Courthouse. It would be worth a trip...
Title companies usually have this information too.
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