As with any real estate purchase you should meet with an experienced professional in that market. That Agent is the best source to get you in the know about the market. Buying into sites claiming to have those types of listings can prove to be true waist of you time, money and energy. Having an individual with a full real estate background is your best asset for this endeavor.

Yesterday, 08:10

There are several places you can look, only a few are free. This site, Trulia, allows you to find foreclosures, and you can look on Chester County's website for the upcoming sheriff sales. That site is http://dsf.chesco.org/
and in the middle of the home page, toward the right is "Schedules" and at the bottom of that list is "Sheriff Sales". That will give you a pdf of the upcoming sheriff sales.
Realtytrac (http://www.realtytrac.com/) is another place for foreclosures, but that is a subscription based service and costs money. Many times, if you find a realtor you trust and are able to work with and they can find you short sales, which are homes that are pre foreclosure. There are plenty of those going around. But, you need to be wiling to wait a long time for a short sale to actually settle. They can sometimes take up to 6 months or longer to get to settlement. I hope this helps

Fri May 9 2008, 14:59