Marketing to Code Violations

[Clayton Hepler]

I just received a list of code violations in my county (overgrown grass, accumulation of rubbish etc) and I was thinking about cold calling these property owners to wholesale or purchase their properties cash.

The list goes all the way back to 2015, any wholesalers have any luck with these? If so, how far is too far to go back to skip trace? 

Also, are there any indicators that show that the property would have a more motivated seller like overgrown grass or sideways and driveways or vacant lots?

I first heard of them through the BP podcast with Tom Krohl. 

[Lydia R.]

@Clayton Hepler Focus on the violations that speak to distress. For example high grass violations are an indicator, but multiple high grass violations or a citation and/or abatement by the city is even better. Violations like loud dog or improperly parked vehicle etc are not indicators of distress or vacancy and should be disregarded. Also, if the list is in an XL spreadsheet then highlight the duplicate addresses. If a property has several different violations thats also worth looking into. Hope this helps, good luck!!