How do you get a hold of the seller of a property ?

Question

Hello dear readers when you are looking for expired listings, how do you get a hold of the seller ?

For example if theres an expired listing on the market, how do you get a hold of that seller ?

Brandon M. · Answer

Failed to mention, if you are doing lots of internet searching on them anyway, once you have their name, Google the county official records for your county. You can usually search the official records to find out if there is a mortgage, how much that was for and when it was mortgaged, and/or if there is a lis pendens (foreclosure) filed on it. This will give you an idea of what kind of distress the owner is in, if any.

You obviously may not want to mention that you know about the foreclosure directly, but you could just ask questions that lead them to volunteer that information.

The more information you know ahead of time the better you will be able to determine what type of options are available when you speak to them.

Brandon M. · Answer

step 1: property appraiser and search by address to locate name

step 2: white pages.com - reverse address or search by name.

If that doesn't locate a phone number you could do a Google search for the person's name and the city the house is located. Sometimes you can find their business, a LinkedIn page, Facebook page, something. Sometimes this will help you find a phone number or email address to try and contact them.

If all else fails, you could always mail them a letter or just go knock on the door.

Josh Nix · Answer

If I want to find out who the owner of the property is I search the on the county assessors website.  By doing this it won't give you a phone number or an email address, All you will get is a name and their physical address.   I'm sure your county has a website.