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As a home buyer, how do I find foreclosures that are actually for sale?

Find the foreclosures and short sales that are actually for sale.

This is such a common question in this market because of all of the information that is available on the internet.  The frustrating thing is some of it, especially when it comes to homes for sale is not always that accurate.  That is actually done intentionally in some cases. 

Business' have figured out when you search for homes on search engines like Google the home homes you have for sale the higher you rank. So some sites will not purge their information by removing homes that have sold just to rank higher and attract you to the website.  By figuring out which sites are accurate will remove at least half of the hassle of seeing the foreclosures and short sales that are actually available. 

One of the sites that is accurate is www.realtimehomesearch.com.  The information is updated 24 hours a day seven days a week, bringing you only the most up to date information. There are several other things that will help to answer this question so please watch the video for the entire story.

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