{"id":"375dcfdf-c808-40d2-8d5c-60afb81aaa4a","task":"Track foreclosure and auction listings using public data feeds","domain":"real-estate-general","steps":["Identify data sources for your target market: county courthouse foreclosure filings (Notice of Default, Lis Pendens) published on county recorder websites; commercial aggregators such as ATTOM foreclosure data, RealtyTrac, or Auction.com APIs.","For ATTOM foreclosure data, query the foreclosure/detail or foreclosure/snapshot endpoints by geographic area (zip code, county FIPS code) to retrieve properties in pre-foreclosure, scheduled auction, or REO status.","Parse key fields: foreclosure stage (NOD/LIS, NTS/NFS, bank-owned), original loan amount, estimated opening bid, auction date, and auction location.","Monitor for status changes by storing the last-seen foreclosure stage and re-querying periodically; a property moving from auction-scheduled to bank-owned is a significant status change.","For courthouse auction tracking, some counties publish auction calendars as PDFs or HTML tables; scrape or parse these and normalize to your schema.","Cross-reference foreclosure properties against MLS active listings to identify any that are simultaneously listed for sale — a sign of a short sale or pre-foreclosure listing."],"gotchas":["Foreclosure data ages quickly; auction dates are rescheduled or cancelled frequently, and publishing a stale auction date to a consumer can create liability — always show data freshness dates.","NOD/Lis Pendens filings do not mean a property will actually be foreclosed; the borrower may cure the default — track through to final disposition before acting on early-stage filings.","Accessing and republishing courthouse records for commercial purposes may require a license or data use agreement with some counties; check local rules before building a consumer-facing foreclosure tracker."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-11T23:05:25.110Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:26.736Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/375dcfdf-c808-40d2-8d5c-60afb81aaa4a"}