you can utilize a skip tracing company to get contact information for the owners.

And yes, you are still responsible for wiring earnest money to the closing attorney/title company when you put the property under contract.

Keep in mind banks still pool forclosed assets together and sell them all together as a group to one company.  

Anyone familiar with PMs who collude with house-hunting companys to purposefully make me more inclined to sell?

I agree these actions have tainted the company big time.

I am a CT based investor, flipper and property management company owner.  

Hello everyone, I am reaching out to the BP Community for suggestions.My Portfolio100% owner of 7 SFH PropertiesGP in about 30 SFH properties(of which I own somewhere between 25% to 50%)All but two properties are managed by a PM CompanyNet worth of the above is about $2,000,000 - $2,500,000My IssuesI have many SFH's - Which take up time(Currently spending time paying property tax and insurance, requesting quotes on insurance policies and overseeing the PM Company(approve rent increases, approve renovation projects, etc).They also take up head-space(having to remember property addresses, remembering when property taxes are due)(I have reminders/systems but something I would like to reduce)Goals1) Spend less time on Real Estate2) Free up head-space2) Make $240,000 annually from real estate(Which I think is not to hard if I can increase my net worth and can get an 8% return)Possible Solutions1) Sell all the SFH's and buy 4-Unit Properties to take advantage of conventional financing2) Sell all the SFH's and buy one large apartment complex3) Sell al the SFH's and invest in syndications4) Sell all the SFH's and purchase stock / bonds5) Continue to hold all the SFH's6) Any other suggestionsOther Considations1) Should I consider private notes?

Quote from @Simon Packman: Quote from @Tanner Pile: @Simon Packman What company do you use? 

Its seems to be the MO, 3-5 years then new company.

Trusting what the franchise tells you is foolish.I can tell you this: there are companies selling leads to real estate agents all the time.