Finding Owners: Am I doing it right?

[Kevin Cardinale]

Finding Owners: Am I doing it right?

I have not had the "benefit" of ordering a $3,000 guru course on real estate. I have studied this myself, and pieced together stuff from other areas. I mean, I was kind of the 2nd in line for valedictorian in both high school and college. *cough* Be that as it may. I said that to say, when I "piece stuff together" I'm usually spot on in my assessments and where to go.

It seems the salesmen on this board are saying i'm doing "too much work" and that I need to work smarter, while others are really not giving comment on it either way. So let's get a definitive answer, shall we?

I am searching for owners via:

1. assessor
2. recorder
3. property account inquiry
4. zillow, realtor.com,
5. title company,
6. realtor
7. banks / reo realtors

Most everything I have run into so far has been difficult properties. But the question is, is this a proper search?

Or is there some magic bullet that I need to spend $5,000 to find out? :roll:

[Danny Day]

Kevin-

What is your end goal when finding owners of these properties you're looking up? I would start with tax records.

Danny