Locating owners

[Steve Morris]

I've located a number of homes I'd like to dig deeper into-for the purpose of either wholesaling or rehabbing. I've come across these just by driving neighborhoods. I've got a list of home's that look vacant, or have been abused or boarded up. Anyone have some advice on how they determine who the owner is, and how to get in contact with them? I imagine looking on the recorders website is a good start. Any other ideas or advice would be appreciated.

I'm out in Las Vegas. I'm also a Realtor, so I can look into the history, but finding the owner and their information doesn't seem quite as easy.

Thanks

[Joe Abughazaleh]

@Steve Morris Yes county records is going to be your 1st stop. If it happens to an LLC then secretary of state would give you more information on the LLC, who the directors are and so forth. I've had some luck in the past contacting homeowners through social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn once you have a name. You can also do searches through the county recorders office to find out if they own any other properties under that name that possibly have a different mailing address. Best of luck.