April 16 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. foreclosure filings rose to a record in the first quarter as employers cut jobs in the recession and temporary programs to delay action on defaults came to an end, RealtyTrac Inc. said.A total of 803,489 properties received a default or auction notice or were seized, 24 percent more than a year earlier, the Irvine, California-based seller of default data said in a statement today.

But every time any body produces a meaningful set of data, its been borne out.

other resources could be price history, sale records, current and past tax assessments and Zestimate.Look at al these data and make an offer accordingly.

Its nice all the data you can find online now on someone.

So, I definitely want to get them into 1st time Home-buyer Entry Level Markets that are not War-Zones.So I've started to comb Wikipedia, http://www.altosresearch.com/ (paid)http://www.neighborhoodscout.com (paid)http://www.bestplaces.net/In search of data, and I'm still learning how to decipher through the data to make it applicable to my investment strategyOnce I get the first of my 2 strategies built solid enough, I want to start participating in note creation/selling.I hope thats enough information, How about yourself?

@j scottI love your idea of the .pdf scan of the check and just type in new data.

RealQuest, Realist, Hains criss cross, Data quick, etc.

The data show that default rates are less correlated with affordability than with how much a property is underwater.

They can help you sort through the data if what you see does not make sense to you.

I don't have the tools, data files, research information and public records at hand to search out the hundreds of possibilities that could exist.