I tapped into a valuable source of info, my Title company, North American, runs all my addresses and sends me a detailed Title report.
It has all the info you cud ever want except the sellers current address and phone number & blood type.
I just called them up and asked them to run a few addresses for me, they asked who I was and what was I going to do with the info, they now send me an eternal supply of the info I need to make some half way intelligent evaluations on the property.
I used to save all these reports, but now if I got a hit I will just run that address again.
It takes some kahonas to do this, You need to be a little bit crazy and desperate. I told them who I was and that I had done a few deals thru your title company and I will be doing more. I lied.
If your really crazy and desperate, you can put a for sale sign on the property w ur number, when the owner calls and if you can somehow calm him down, You might get lucky. This one investor writes a hand written note saying they want to buy somethin you left on the property. The neighbors will sometimes give you more info and all the dirt you can stand.
One neighbor told me the owner is always at that house on the corner drinking, she pointed out his car.
Finding the owner is one of the most difficult of challenges a wholesaler faces.
But if it was easy...
