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Rainmaker
4,319,419
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Ed Chin - RealtyTrac is one I can think of....

Jul 05, 2016 02:17 PM
Rainmaker
989,652
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Doesn't your mls list them? Contact lenders if not

Jul 05, 2016 10:28 PM
Rainmaker
7,836,134
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

There should be a foreclosures category in your MLS.

Go to the local foreclosures sales.

Jul 05, 2016 09:35 PM
Rainmaker
4,434,127
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I do not look for properties not listed in mls as buyers do not pay me the fees. 

Jul 05, 2016 08:44 PM
Ambassador
3,727,873
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Our mls has foreclosure information, but somehow I've managed to avoid foreclosures and short sales.

Jul 05, 2016 02:14 PM
Rainmaker
1,239,901
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Foreclosure radar

Jul 05, 2016 01:19 PM
Rainmaker
2,224,473
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

Our MLS has a refined search where you can see only bank owned homes that are listed. The county trustee site also lists the homes that are in varies stages of the foreclosure process, so you can see what will be coming on the market in the future. 

Jul 05, 2016 01:18 PM
Rainer
2,615
Alicia Davis
Coldwell Banker Gundaker - Ballwin, MO
REALTOR

There are many down payment assistant programs for people that qualify depending on your city or state. 

Jul 06, 2016 09:19 AM
Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Your MLS.  NOD, Foreclosure.

Jul 06, 2016 04:04 AM
Rainmaker
4,572,183
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

As others have stated - the multiple listing service for those already listed as well as RealtyTrac(not really useful in my opinion).   It's not an area of business that I have found worth pursuing especially in the current market. 

Jul 06, 2016 03:57 AM
Rainmaker
4,800,082
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

My MLS is the best resource I have.

Jul 06, 2016 02:50 AM
Ambassador
3,345,091
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

My MLS has a REO category for listings.  There are online resources that have already been mentioned in comments here. 

Jul 06, 2016 02:10 AM
Rainer
66,409
Kartik Subramaniam
Adhi Schools, LLC - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Market Analysis--Educational Content, Adhi Schools

PropertyRadar (formerly known as ForeclosureRadar) works well

Jul 06, 2016 01:49 AM
Rainmaker
4,936,677
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Not as many anymore but MLS has them here

Jul 06, 2016 01:40 AM
Rainmaker
4,882,355
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

MLS, and court house are good placed to start.

Jul 05, 2016 11:42 PM
Ambassador
2,684,109
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

MLS

Clerk of Court

In my market, there are several Brokers who handle the REOs that are for sale (one Broker works with HUD, another with Freddie Mac, another with local banks, etc.).   If you have Brokers like that in your local market, get on their email or notification list.

Jul 05, 2016 11:33 PM
Rainmaker
5,216,398
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Most are handled by third party firms who list them in the MLS.

Jul 05, 2016 10:56 PM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

My market's foreclosure sales are almost non-existant so I pay no attention. Foreclosures are all listed in our mls and they are no bargain these days.

Jul 05, 2016 10:35 PM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Unless you are listing them, the choices are the MLS or building relationships with those that do list REO homes. 

Jul 05, 2016 10:09 PM
Rainmaker
3,071,489
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

parked and reading...

Jul 05, 2016 09:51 PM
Ambassador
6,393,404
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I have seen plenty of scams out there ready to sell this info, but I suspect that it is not that accurate anyway.

One thing that I have found with foreclosures though is it takes time for the owners of them to see the importance of reducing the price to a level that the professional fixers to buy them.  Those who buy them too quickly generally pay too much and then end up being the next losers on these properties.

Not worth it to pay subscription fees to be the first in line to bid on these, the deals will come with time.

Jul 05, 2016 08:28 PM
Rainmaker
1,513,143
Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

The local papers have a good list once a week here.

Jul 05, 2016 08:24 PM
Rainmaker
1,617,916
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

There should be a local service that is paid to give you this list.

Jul 05, 2016 02:23 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,785
FN LN
Toronto, ON

Although foreclosures are a legally available means in my jurisdiction, they are not used frequently.  Power of sale is a more commonly used method due to various advantages for certain parties.  The MLS is one great source.

Jul 05, 2016 01:13 PM