Can't find information on properties

[Tiese C.]

Hello All,

I have found 10 distressed properties in nice neighborhoods.  I have looked on the county websites to try to find the owner's of the properties so I can send postcards to. However, 8 of the properties were not listed on the website.  Even looking on Zillow & Trulia-there wasn't too much information from public records like previous sold date, taxes, etc  Being that I am financially challenged, I am driving for dollars, right now, to get started.  How can I find the owners of these properties?  What should I be doing to get things going?

Any and all help is so greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

[Robin Wilk]

You can try going to the addresses on your list and talk to the neighbors to see if they might know anything about either the property or the owner. If worse comes to worse you may have to make a trip to your local county courthouse and see if you can find the information that way. Some county courthouses may not have their online records updated and they may have the information on hard copy instead. If you have access to financial resources you could also try using a skip tracing service (I'm not sure on the cost).