Hi, I'm looking to get into some real estate and wanted to know if anyone here knew anything about finding foreclosure homes. I'm hoping to get into something for under $30k and put less than $20k into it. I'm not really sure where to get started so any help or information you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Suggest you Google "Creative Real Estate Online". It is a great real estate website and very active. I just don't happen to remember the exact URL off the top of my head. I'm sure you will get your question answered there.
I am assuming you are from the United States, I know that here in Oklahoma that hold a list at the county courthouse. I'm not sure who you talk to, but for a small fee you can get your hands on one. It should be an up-to-date list. You can also search online and people have databases with the list. You can pay a monthly fee for access. It is a little bit less than what you would pay at the courthouse because it is shared among several people. But it may not always be the most up-to-date list either.
My real estate page in my signature has links to foreclosure sites which some you do have to pay for but I think their are a few free ones in there
I suggest you start out with your local sherriff's office, they normally list the houses in foreclosure on their site.
I´ve heard the best way is to approach the banks themselves, as they have a department for forclosures.. Banks dont like to keep these properties on the books, since it makes them look bad in the eyes of investors... a bad bank makes bad loans.
sheriffs office and papers. this is a huge thing to get into, so make sure you do your research so you don't get boned