1) Knock on the door2) Ask the neighbors what they know3) Mail to every address you found with "return receipt requested"4) Hire a skip tracer

I have personally owned over 500 doors over a few decades and have KNock on wood never been sued by a tenant expect for deposit squabbles.. if anything we sue the tenant for destroying our units.. .

It may limit you on you choices of where of the type of place you want to live depending on the market.Sfh and townhomes also give you a great opportunity to learn to be a landlord without having tenants knocking on you door.

What I'm wondering is if I where to go knock on the door and the owner does in fact still live there.

The seller's will be knocked out once Johnny closes on the house. 

We put new cabinets, granite, stainless, redo bathrooms, knock down walls, new flooring, and paint in some of our unit turnovers.

I would be knocking on doors in the HOA asking who the president is and chase them down.

It can be a for sale by owner or something you find by knocking on doors.

To VERY OPTIMISTICALLY break-even you need to knock $575K off of the asking price.

I will often knock $100 off market rate or something when they sign lease but beyond that they become like any other tenant.