Ted removes all the chit-chat. Not very active with only a few messages a day, mostly from real estate brokers trying to sell properties. There are some ads at the bottom for the free service. You may be able to pay a monthly fee and have no ads. Some of these discussion boards will email you the most recent postings.
Some topics are active and some have few postings.
Email notification of any new postings. The General and HUD chat boards are the most active. Scroll down to Bulletin Board on the left side. Easy to use layout. The chat room is password protected and it takes 24 hours to get your password.