Economic/News Sites

FreeLunch.com – Interesting web site with data on the economy, real estate, crime etc.
HouseBubble.com Details what’s happening with foreclosures nationwide.
nfns.com – National Financial News Service. Mortgage industry newspaper.

Private Money Resources

CA Dept. of Real Estate: Trust Deed Investments: What You Should Know [PDF]

Financing Resources

GlobalFinancialNetwork – Provides fast and easy hard money loans to real estate investors who are willing, ready and able to roll up their sleeves and make some serious money in this market.

Foreclosure Resources

RETRAN.net – Real Estate Transaction Network provides foreclosure listing services.
Foreclosure List – All southern California counties available. All loans are listed.
HUDPemco.com – Weekly list of HUD properties
DQNews.com – Real Estate trends from Data Quick – Good Source

Investor Help Center

ABC’s of Real Estate – real estate and mortgage resources
Creative Real Estate Online – Popular site for real estate investing information, including articles from various authors, chat room and newsgroup.
Fanniemae.com – Government/Corporate site. Consumer information
Freddiemac.com – Government/Corporate site. Information on “Credit Scoring” and how your credit history will affect your application.
MrLandlord.com – The premier source for landlording information and assistance
Realestateclubla.com – One of the oldest and largest real estate clubs in Southern California
RentSlicer.com – find L.A. rental info.
TaxTitleServices.com – service that provides title insurance for properties bought at tax sales

Sites Legal Resources

California code – California’s laws – suitable for insomniacs!
California Department of Real Estate – Official State Agency
Federal Fair Housing Laws – Complete text of laws
First Tuesday – excellent source of legal documents by an Real Estate Broker and Attorney
Nolo Press – Nolo Press. Books and forms for California real Estate
Secretary of State – California Corporation Lookup
Housing Discrimination Guide – Free helpful guide from NOLO Press (excellent source of legal documents)

Property/Community Information

Lawyers Title – Title Insurance services
Census.gov – US Government Census data/demographics etc.
ChoiceTrust.com – Property Insurance History Database info. They also sell background check info.
Google Earth – excellent way to search on distant properties locations
NACO.org – County Government Information
NiteOwlPlus.net – Access County Recorder Info
PACER – Public access to court records
PostYourProperty.com – FREE property listing database for owners and agents.
Pac-info.com – Public Records Database
PublicRecords.netronline.com – Public Records Database – tax offices, etc.
Real Estate Exchange – Nationwide listing of properties for sale with owner terms and exchange.
Real Estate Records Search – Current and historical records, including mortgages and real estate ownership on properties.
Trulia.com – Housing value site
Zillow.com – provides valuations of properties – use with caution and do not rely on for accurate values for your bids
VuWriter.com – Virtual Underwriter by Stewart Title – lots of national title/closing info.

Skip Tracing Resources

PIMAG.com – Private Investigator Magazine
TheUlitmatewhitepages.com – Good source
RootsWeb.com – Search California Death Records
555-1212.com – Reverse phone lookup
Publicdata.com – Search for owners
Merlindata.com – Good source for cheap skip tracing
Zabbasearch.com – Find People