Is It a Bad Sign if Property and Mailing Addresses Differ?

[Tristan Cottarel]

Hey all,

Did my first ever round of driving for dollars and found 2 properties that could very well be vacant.

I looked up the addresses on my county assessor's website, and the mailing address for both properties is different from the property address. For one of the properties, the two addresses are in the same town. Is this usually a bad sign? An indication that work is already in progress? Or is this typical? Newbie here hoping someone can shed some light.

Looked around on BP for a bit to find a similar thread to no avail, so I apologize if similar questions have already been asked. Thank you!

[Justin Howe]

@Tristan Cottarel That's potentially a good sign because the person that owns the house, probably isn't living in the house. They are considered what's called an absentee owner. And because they don't live in it, they might be more motivated to sell because it's not their primary residence. Send some mail to the mailing address and keep us posted on how it goes!