Researching addresses

[Jason K Green]

I have been doing a little "driving-for-dollars" and I have a list of 50+ addresses I want to research. These addresses are all in Orange County, CA. I know I can pull the tax records from the County Tax Assessor's website, but that offers little information other than the tax bill. I don't want to dump 50 addresses on my realtor to research. What other sources of information can I use to pull information such as owner's name, owner's address, purchase date, etc?

Thanks in advance!

[Robert Smith]

One of the easiest and maybe cost and time effective for both you and your agent would be to turn the list over to a VA and have them pull the info for you. I have had great success with this and even though I could pull the info myself I still hire someone to do the minor stuff for me. 50+ should not take but a few hours at best, and allow you to focus on finding more homes as well as being able to quickly get in contact with these owners. Usually my VA will not only provide with me the mailing address of the owner they will also give me phone numbers and even email addresses from time to time. I have had a lot of success looking owners names up on facebook from the tax record. If looking to still do it yourself you could always try to google their information or do a revers search from the owners information on the tax record whether using their name or address. Good luck and keep driving, it can pay off greatly.