finding addresses for probate

[Mike McFadden]

I am doing probate campaigns and don't know how to find property addresses of decreased. People say public records but where?  Assessors office. Trustee office.  I am in Colorado please help.  I need to put the address my letters. 

[Stephanie Cabral]

I'm a probate attorney (in Connecticut) by trade and out here, all probate documents are public. Unfortunately, the information isn't online. You can go to to the probate courts directly and ask for files - you'll find the names and addresses of the Executors in there. It'd make more sense for you to send anything to an executor or administrator than directly to the decedent's house.

You could perhaps instead target probate attorneys and let them know you buy real estate from estates and explain how you can help them. That may be more effective than targeting the probate estates that are currently active, since the estates are constantly changing so you'd have to continue your marketing efforts aggressively. Instead, target the people handling the estates. That way, you pay attention to one professional who has the opportunity of giving you repeat leads.

One thing I do when doing probate campaigns is identify the towns that have an assessor's database that allows you to lookup addresses by names and search for "est" or whatever the abbreviation would be out there for estate owned properties. You may get some results that aren't a match, like anything owned by an Ernest would show up, but at least this is a good point of departure to help you narrow down your search a bit.

I hope this helps. Good luck!

Stephanie