Cheapest and easy to do while you are D4D2) Anywho or any free online service but these often have outdated info and low probability of success but still free3) County tax assessor's office to see if they have the owner's address - takes time and not very accurate4) Putting "Address Service Requested" and mailing to that address if they have a mailbox - cost of a letter and first class stamp5) Skiptracing (costs money though) - $5-10 (findtheseller, privateeye, TLO, etc.)6) Full stalker mode - "Drew out his entire family tree from Intelius" lol @ Lloyd Stanton, it worked for him but I've never done it7) Stick a sign on their property saying you want to buy the home (people have done this but I haven't due to not knowing the legalities of it)

@Drew Cameron,  Almost every time there's a huge upfront fee for things like this it's a scam.  

-Drew

@Drew ValentineI'm not giving legal advise to an attorney, even out of state.My understanding of the law is the same as yours. 

Drew Castleberry the HVAC is all relatively new within 10 years old, water heaters 4 years old, electrical has been replaced, and plumbing has been updated to copper.

@Drew Castleberry, @Chris C., @Dave VanDommelen, @John Tucker, @Jason HatfieldBKnox

I have 2 properties with common areas like this and have had good luck offering a clean, long-term tenant that could use a discount a discount for cleaning twice a week.I drew up a 'work' addendum to her annual notice of rent increase.  

Feel free to shoot me a PM and we can further discuss.Best,Drew

Have you ever been in business....any intersts in real estate....what drew you to real estate?

In order to close we needed the 20% down even with the commercial, so we drew down on interest free credit cards since we were sure we would have them paid back in the year.