SD Realtor (or maybe it was

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SD Realtor (or maybe it was sdrealtor) posted about looking up the trustee sales on
http://www.fidelityasap.com

You have to register, but it’s free. You can search by zip code.

For liens – you need to due a little more digging. The best way I’ve figured out is probably NOT the easiest way. If you figure out who owns the property, you can look up to see if there are liens against that person.

I figure out who owns it by plugging in the address to

https://www.sdctreastax.com/ebpp3/(treoul552yv1vx45lay4xyyd)/Start.aspx

Then I take the data harvested from there and plug it into the county recorders grant recording database.

http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/services/grantorgrantee/search.aspx

(Plug in last name/first harvested from the property tax bill.)

If the home is owned by a corp or partnership rather than a person or trust – plug in the corp name.

If it’s owned by a corp, you can sometimes figure out who owns the corp from going to the state of Ca website and plugging in the corp or LLC name.

http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/

(I’ve gotten pretty good at scouring public records – I’m in litigation with our former contractor – and am keeping tabs on him and his assets.)

Oh – and if someone has an easier way – I’m ALL ears. My way is a lot of work.