I went driving for dollars, for the first time, in my farm area and surprisingly I found about 6 houses with notices on the door. One came up a for foreclosure, 3 have no data available with some quick web searches and like an idiot, I didn't make notes on which ones were vacant and which ones were in poor condition, so I'll figure what others were vacant later with google maps.
Few questions:
1.) How do I find out who owns the home, their phone # and address for the vacant properties?
2.) One house has been boarded up for atleast a year and a couple had notices for grass being to long back in July and one had no notice but a note saying a mgmt company was notified it was vacant and locked it up. Is this a good sign that the person owns the property out right?
3.) any tips and tricks to make a deal happen?
4.) being from Minnesota and winter time, any tips and tricks on what to look for when driving for dollars in the winter. A lot of people have wood siding and sometimes it's hard to tell if they just don't like to paint or if it's just not cared for. Obviously I used my best judgment but do you look for old windows or no updates?
5.) any other advice is welcome!
I had fun today driving around and writing down addresses of what looked like a potential lead. Man their are some ugly houses out there!! Thanks again BP for helping me as I take this journey one step at a time.
