I have been trying to find info on a property on my street that is listed as "reo bank owned" I am looking for a website that lists the details of the bank and possible auction schedule.

Is your counties real estate available to view on line? If so look up the address and read who is the owner. Should tell you.

The appraisal district should have the name of the bank in their database. You should be able to call them up and ask for information about the address.

Once, I saw a bank-owned property on a street in my town. It had a sign on the front door reading FOR SALE SUCH-AND-SUCH BANK JOE BLO ###-###-####. So I called the number on the sign and said, "Hi, I'd like to talk to Joe Blo about the bank foreclosure house at [address] that y'all own and are trying to sell." And the answer comes back, "I'm sorry, Joe Blo doesn't work here anymore, and we don't have any foreclosures in your town." "But there's a sign on the door of [address] that says it's yours, and the Appraisal District says its yours, and it's a foreclosure. Is there someone there who deals with foreclosures?" "I'm familiar with our foreclosures, and we don't have any in your town."

If it is already bank owned, then it normally just gets listed in MLS. Unless it is government owned -- then it will be on HomeSteps.com.

Like Plenty said, I would check local records to see who owns it -- and then go from there.

- John...

Bob,

Owner's name is on the public tax records. In my state it's at the RECORDER's office. Call them and be nicey nice to the ladies and they will help. Some requires you to visit in person, MANY are online for free.

If it's listed with a realtor the bank will not talk to you.

BRAD

Bob,

PS You cannot steal in slow motion. Make an offer NOW. If it's a deal it will be gone before you can pick up the phone.

My first steps are always Homesteps, Homepath or Hudhomestore. That, for the most part, covers the majority of the government entities.

My next step is to hit Google with a public parcel search for the county that will take me to the treasurer's site. See if the deed has changed.

If it's already listed on MLS the banks generally won't talk to you.

Try OCWEN.

I would start with Zillow under sales. Occasionally they will show who the bank is. As for calling, banks rarely ever take calls on those properties.

They usually have law firms that handle that before the foreclosure proceedings before the auction and then hand it over to a RE firm after the auction if there weren't any bidders that met their minimum.