Within the category of government foreclosures you can consider quite a many different sources.  These include VA foreclosures from the Department of Veterans Affairs, HUD foreclosures from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the General Services Administration, the Department of Treasury, the Small Business Administration, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Marshals Service, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and also Fannie Mae.  At last count there were about 37 different government departments through which you can locate foreclosure properties.  One site that has compiled listings from a few of these departments is www.homesales.gov.

The more commonly known government foreclosures are through HUD and VA and more information about those can be found on the following pages respectively:

• HUD foreclosures
• VA foreclosures

There are pros and cons with each so weigh up whether they are for you and also consider the following lesser known government foreclosures.

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Note: check out our database of foreclosure homes which has over 1.5 million listings including an extensive supply of bank foreclosures. It now includes all Wells Fargo foreclosures since their asset manager, Premiere Asset Services, has signed up.

Once you've decided to start investing in foreclosures, you still have one big step left to handle. You must find the right foreclosure listings. There are numerous sources of foreclosure properties and I find it helpful to divide the sources into two broad categories: government foreclosures and bank foreclosures.

Within the category of government foreclosures you can consider quite a many different sources.  These include VA foreclosures from the Department of Veterans Affairs, HUD foreclosures from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the General Services Administration, the Department of Treasury, the Small Business Administration, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Marshals Service, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and also Fannie Mae.  At last count there were about 37 different government departments through which you can locate foreclosure properties.  One site that has compiled listings from a few of these departments is www.homesales.gov.

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Foreclosures are largely considered a great opportunity for investors to pick up heavily discounted properties and some significant instant equity.  As such many people seem to be on the hunt for more information about HUD foreclosures.  I hope to shed some light on the topic and answer the following questions:

• what is a HUD foreclosure?
• how do I find a HUD foreclosure?
• what special rules and procedures are involved?
• do they really stack up as a great investment?

Hopefully that will give you enough information to evaluate this as an investment opportunity and know where to begin.

HUD homes are owned by the United States government through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. When a foreclosure is carried out on these homes, the ownership of the home reverts to the government, for use or "disposal" as they see fit.  HUD contracts management companies to handle the preparation and sale of the homes in each state.  Their respective websites which list all the HUD foreclosures are sorted by state on the HUD website here.

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Just like any other lender, the Department of Veteran's Affairs expects buyers to whom they lend money for property to pay their mortgages on time until the debt is paid off. Sometimes however, like any other lender, the VA has borrowers who default on their payments. When this happens, the VA will foreclose on the property to recoup its losses.

Pocket friendly financing incentive and interest rates are offered to all interested buyers so that the VA does not have to pay taxes, insurance, and maintain the foreclosed homes that are for sale. The VA makes these foreclosure homes available to anyone. You don't even have to be a veteran.

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