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What the county record actually says. And what it doesn't.

Guides to reading Dallas, Collin, Tarrant, Bexar and Johnson County foreclosure filings — how to read a notice of substitute trustee sale, what an assignment chain proves, and where public records stop short of an answer. Each one is kept current against the record rather than left at the date it was written.

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FeaturedForeclosure Investing

How to Buy a Foreclosure in Texas

The non-judicial process end to end: the 21-day notice, the first-Tuesday sale, what you are actually bidding on, and the four ways buyers reliably lose money.

Updated Sep 17, 2026 · 7 min read
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Dallas Foreclosures

The First-Tuesday Auction at the George Allen Building

Where to stand, how bidding runs, what funds are accepted, and what happens in the hour after you win a Dallas County trustee sale.

Updated Sep 17, 2026 · 3 min read
County Records

What a Lis Pendens Actually Tells You

A pending-litigation notice is not a foreclosure, not a lien and not a judgment. What it does mean, and how to find the suit behind it.

Updated Sep 17, 2026 · 3 min read
County Records

How to Read a Notice of Substitute Trustee's Sale

One page, seven facts, and a great deal of careful silence. What each part of the notice establishes, and what people routinely read into it that is not there.

Updated Sep 17, 2026 · 3 min read
Dallas Foreclosures

How to Find Foreclosures in Dallas County

Where Dallas County foreclosure notices are filed, when they appear, and how to go from the county's list to a property you can actually evaluate.

Updated Sep 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Foreclosure Investing

How to Verify Ownership Before Contacting a Foreclosure Owner

The appraisal record names an owner; the deed says how they got the property and whether anyone else is on title. Check both before you reach out.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Foreclosure Investing

How to Research Liens Before a Foreclosure Auction

Which liens survive a trustee's sale, which are wiped, and how to find them in the county record before you bid.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Foreclosure Investing

Why Original Mortgage Principal Is Not Current Payoff

The number on the notice is what was borrowed. What is owed today is not in any public record. Here is how to use the spread without fooling yourself.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Texas Foreclosure Process

How to Determine Whether a Texas Foreclosure Actually Sold

A posting is not a sale. The trustee's deed is the record that settles it, and it appears weeks later.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
County Records

Deed of Trust vs Assignment vs Release

Three instruments that sit next to each other in a clerk's index and mean entirely different things about a loan.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
County Records

How to Trace a Mortgage Through County Records

From the deed of trust to its assignments and release: how to follow one loan through the clerk's index and know who holds it now.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
County Records

How to Search Dallas County Clerk Records

The Dallas County Clerk's real property index has no address field. Here is how to find every document recorded against a parcel anyway.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Property Research

How to Research a Foreclosure Property

The five records that answer whether a posted foreclosure is worth your time: the notice, the appraisal, the deed chain, the mortgages, and the liens.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Texas Foreclosure Process

How Texas Foreclosure Auctions Work

First Tuesday sales, the 21-day posting rule, substitute trustees, cash bids, and what a trustee's deed does to the liens behind it.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Collin County Foreclosures

How to Find Foreclosures in Collin County

Collin County publishes every filed foreclosure notice on a public app with the appraisal record attached. Here is how to read it, and what it leaves out.

Updated Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read
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