I know with all the collective experience on this site, someone has to know something about this.

I have a Realtor friend who is interested in buying a home that has been foreclosed but is not yet listed. It is with JP Morgan. What office would she contact to find out whether the bank would deal directly with her to purchase OR do  they not do that and just prefer to wait until the asset is ready to list and then just list it?

ALSO

I work foreclosures for an arm of Springleaf Financial Services of NC but want to branch out to some of the bigger companies, like VA, Bank of America, etc..

No agent in my market will share with me how they got started because so many people are just scared that there won't be enough business if they share their "secrets".  I hate that mentality because I have always shared whatever little I may know about something when other agents ask but it is what it is.

Does anybody have any suggestions, advice on how to get on with those larger accounts?

Thanks