How to acquire land

[Brian Cooke]

I'd like to buy vacant land that is next to the house I am buying so I can add additional rooms to the house. The owner of the land is someone in India, who is way behind on taxes. I cannot contact them to offer to buy the land. What are my options to get the land? Do I have to just play the waiting game and wait for the county to repossess it and put it up for tax sale? Is there another way to get first dibs on the land if they every do decide to put a tax lien on it?

[Brian Cooke]

I did look up the owner address in County records. It seems like it has the street address but no number. I could try mailing and hope it gets to him. If that doesn't work, and Facebook doesn't help, what would be a good backup plan?