Vacant Homes

[Vasiliy Grin]

I have read many posts about how to find vacant homes and it seems like one of the most popular suggestions is to just go out and look for them in the city. I have previously heard that if you contact certain city halls you will be able to find info on vacant homes. The reason why I believe that is because when homes are vacant for an extended period of time, and the grass is very tall, typically the city will send someone over to mow the lawns and then forward the bill to property owner. The city keeps all this information domes there must be a way to acquire it, I just don't know how.

My question to you is, what can I say/ who do I talk to to get that information.

Any help one this would be great!