Finding who owns a certain property

[William Patsalis]

Hello all,

I’m looking to get started and find my first investment property in SE Michigan. I’m searching for duplex’s and triplexes and have been out in the neighborhood looking for potential investment properties. Currently, I have found a few but I’m having trouble reaching the owners of the property. I don’t want to just mail the address because then I’ll reach the tenant. I’ve tried looking on county tax assessments but that haven’t yielded any results yet. Any help is appreciated!

[Mollie Hess]

Hi William! In Ohio (not sure for Michigan) you can usually find the owner on the county auditors site. That might be the same as your tax assessment place but it's different here. Have you been able to find when the property was last sold? That might lead you to a contact (realtor, bank, etc.) that may have a name of who bought it! Best of luck!