Locating vacant property owners

[Lawrence Robertson]

There are literally hundreds of vacant properties in Washington, DC. I know there's at least 10 within five blocks of my house. There's construction going on everywhere. I'm like a boxer trying to get into the ring and can't. I have mailed hand written letters to property owners and gotten no response. I did talk to a neighbor about one of the properties, but so far I haven't heard from the owner. Does anyone know of a sure fire way to get an owner's phone number? I tried the USA.com thing to no avail. I also found a free piece of software on cnet.com called "Elite People Search" and got one valid phone number.