Reaching out to absentee home owner to sell

[Kevin Leppink]

I recently came across a problem property I would like to purchase. I was at a friends house and decided to drive by my childhood home. The grass was extremely overgrown, 3 windows boarded up, weeds 5 feet long coming through the cracks in the driveway, and numerous aesthetic issues. I had my agent look up the property owners and found out it’s the same people who purchased the home from my parents back in 1999. But she also discovered they don’t live there anymore(obviously) and they live in a nice new home in sandy. I also found an old MLS that expired 185 days ago that had the house listed for about 30,000 less than houses around it at the time. I would like to purchase this home and flip it, and I would not tell them it was my childhood home. My question is what would the best way to contact them about selling be? I have no phone number just their physical address of the new Home. Any answers would help me greatly because I would love for this to be my first deal, just a little stuck! Thank you

[Michael Quarles]

Originally posted by @Kevin Leppink:

I recently came across a problem property I would like to purchase.

I was at a friends house and decided to drive by my childhood home. The grass was extremely overgrown, 3 windows boarded up, weeds 5 feet long coming through the cracks in the driveway, and numerous aesthetic issues.

I had my agent look up the property owners and found out it's the same people who purchased the home from my parents back in 1999. But she also discovered they don't live there anymore(obviously) and they live in a nice new home in sandy. I also found an old MLS that expired 185 days ago that had the house listed for about 30,000 less than houses around it at the time.

I would like to purchase this home and flip it, and I would not tell them it was my childhood home. My question is what would the best way to contact them about selling be? I have no phone number just their physical address of the new Home.

Any answers would help me greatly because I would love for this to be my first deal, just a little stuck! Thank you

 Hello Kevin good to meet you..

First I wouldn't lie to a prospect.

If I had the home address of the owner and it was close to me I would go say hi... If I couldn't do that then one of the neighbors probably have contact info for them... Go say hi to them.. Besides they don't want a run down property next door.

There are services that will append the telephone number and the success rate is 60-80%. Maybe do that. 

Buy some 99 cent store blank card and send a series of hand written hello inquiry cards. 

Services like www.accurint.com/ can help locate the owner.

Happy House Hunting