Is there a way to track down homeowners who abandonded their homes? Any good techniques or websites on the net to do this?
I’ve got the same problem. There’s a home I know of here in Virginia that’s abandoned. I have a source on the same street that knows the owner and said she moved to the Bahamas. Her two sons live in Florida and California. One of her sons wants her to sell, the other doesn’t. The owner obviously doesn’t care either way.
some counties have this information on-line, but not many; also in Calif, they passed a law that prohibits showing the owners address on-line (for privcy reasons), but you can still get the info down at the courthouse.
with that said, many people get the idea “hey I’ll find the owner and certainly they will want to sell”. The truth is most owners of abandon property just don’t care. I’ve researched a ton of these and never even gotten the slight nibble. IMHO, it really not an investment strategy as much as its a lottery ticket with long odds.
most peoplke who work the abandon property angle lok for something to narrow the funnel by for example, looking for dead owners (i.e. probate cases, etc).