Obtaining a vacant home

[Brian Compton]

Good morning, BP

I found a vacant home in Charlotte. I located the home owner's mailing address and wrote them a letter to inquire about the property.

I received a letter back yesterday (couldn't help but laugh to get a letter back and not a phone call, ha) from the home owner and she gave me this long story about how the home has been vacant for years. BoA turned it over to a company called... I can't read her writing here. It looks like "strecus, stricas, stracus" or something similar? I couldn't find anything trying to autofill in a Google search.

Anyway, she said "if you can get the house, fine" and "if you need me to help you get the house, let me know".

Aside from obtaining the important numbers, what steps can / should I take to acquire this property?

Context: I'm new to REI, starting out as a wholesaler. I don't have the cash it's going to take to acquire it.

Also one last fun tidbit, she didn't leave me her phone number in her letter. So I had to write another letter back to her thanking her for the response, etc and asking for her phone number so I could call her, lol. Good times.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!