Obviously he used lease purchase methods because a regular "sale" with a deed transfer wouldn't have made it past any cursory title search review, as there were still active foreclosure cases on the properties.

Google: Court Retrieval System and this site should pop up.

You can find them all via Google.

You can find us on Biggerpockets under "companies", or through a Google search.

I appreciate you pointing me toward the most pertinent info for newbies like myself (could have taken a while to find that if I was searching on my own)!

Then take the contract to title and have them do a search to insure the property.

Some tools that I find useful with regards to file management are google drive, Microsoft skydrive and dropbox.

There's supposedly a way to search by last market date.

I would suggest setting up a Google Voice account at least for your marketing efforts so that you do not share out your cell phone number.

I am looking for a general contractor with experience in rehabbing rental properties / small multi family properties. Let me know if you know anyone.