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Foreclosure is a process in which the home becomes the absolute property of the lender and a termination of all rights of the homeowner covered by a mortgage. Foreclosure threatens homeowners who are late or seriously behind on their mortgage payments. The Foreclosure process typically begins when the homeowner fails to make payments of the money due on the mortgage at the appointed time due to a variety of reasons such as loss of employment, marital separation, health grounds, sudden financial constraints, and even death.

There are several known and less-known methods whereby you can find foreclosure properties. You can find foreclosure properties on the web, newspapers, lis pendens lists, seminars, direct mail, friends, real estate agents, real estate offices, and lending institutions. But the real key lies in your finding it out before others do. Notices regarding various stages of foreclosure are recorded with the County Clerk at your County Recorder's Office. This information is for public viewing and therefore available to anyone. You have to visit your county office and you can search for a Notice of Default (NOD), or for a Notice of Sale. You are not required to pay for searching public records as this service is offered free to all. If you are lucky, you may even find newly posted properties that might not have reached many of the online foreclosure data providers.

Real Estate Agents are a great source to find foreclosure properties. Normally, banks that end up with foreclosure properties will hire an agent to represent them. Banks are certainly not interested in foreclosure business as they are only into lending business. Agents have contacts and can get a list of some bank-owned properties. Doing online searches are much easier then going to the Clerk or Recorder’s Office, but you certainly but by this method, you may not be the first to find out about properties that are pending bank foreclosure. You may need to use an online listing service where you can either participate in a free trial or pay a weekly fee to view their listings.