Scary situation. Owner wants me to break in to see property. Advice?

[Mike Carr]

So I got a call from an out of state owner who wants to sell a house where I live. Its a great deal that I plan on wholesaling. I found the ARV and we have roughly agreed on a price range. I am going to view the house today but the owner just told me the lock box is broken so I have to break into the house to view it. The main problem is that this house is located on one of the most dangerous streets on the east coast!

How should I go about doing this? I don't want the cops called on me or any other confrontations.

Thanks for any help.

[David Niles]

Your welcome Mike, biggest point is to make sure to cover your butt legally and safety wise. If the property was never secured and is in that bad of an area, odds are it was already stripped down, if not, you want to make sure owner cant come back and say you left it open and then it got damaged.