Economic/News Sites

HouseBubble.com Details what’s happening with foreclosures nationwide.

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.
HUDPemco.com – Weekly list of HUD properties
DQNews.com – Real Estate trends from Data Quick – Good Source

Investor Help Center

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
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

Nolo Press – Nolo Press. Books and forms for California real Estate
Secretary of State – California Corporation Lookup

Property/Community Information

Lawyers Title – Title Insurance services
Census.gov – US Government Census data/demographics etc.
Google Earth – excellent way to search on distant properties locations
NACO.org – County Government Information
PublicRecords.netronline.com – Public Records Database – tax offices, etc.
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
RootsWeb.com – Search California Death Records
Publicdata.com – Search for owners