Abandoned house

[Cedric Johnson]

Hello BP family,

I discovered that a friend of mine lives next to and abandoned house, that appears to have been this way for years. They said at one point in time it looked like to people where starting to work on it but then it all stopped. We assume the owner is still paying the mortgage because it has not been foreclosed on yet. My question is what steps do I need to take in order to try and get this house under contract. I'm assuming I need to try and locate the owner but how do I go about doing it. Please help BP, this could be my first potential deal and I don't want it to slip right from under me. THANKS in advance.