Sending Letters to Intiate a Deal

[Nick Buonanno]

There is a property that I'm interested in near where I live, it's not for sale nor do I know the owners. The property is vacant and looks that its been vacant for awhile. I was thinking of writing a letter to the owners to see if they would be interested in entertaining an offer. I've never done this before, and don't know what to say. Do I just write letter saying who I am and ask if they would entertain an offer? Is it that easy? I assume I wouldn't include my offer in the letter, but hope for correspondence back to then discuss my offer? Any insight on this type of strategy would be greatly appreciated!

[Amber Forkey]

I head to google first before mailing a letter. Here's why, if I can get someone on the phone, that's when I can start understanding their problems and how/if I can help.

Find out the owner's name and address on the county records website (every county is different so you may need to go to your local land records office in person for this information). 

Then copy & paste that into Google. Search through until you start getting phone numbers. Make a list, cross out the re-ocuring numbers you find and get to work. 9/10 times the number won't be in service but I've hunted down and had success many of times with this method. From start to finish, it takes me about 10 minutes of research per property I'm looking into.