Check with your county treasurer or recorders office and ask for list of properties ( granted it probably won't be that easy, you will have to do some research but the info is out there) that have unpaid taxes and market to the home owners well before the auction.

You'll find a treasure trove of information here.

@Frank Wooden Try this site: http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/free-searches.phpORhttps://www.biz.indygov.org/treasurer/property/propSearch.aspx?

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You wouldn't need to do a skip trace to find out who the President/CEO, Secretary, Registered Agent and in most cases the Treasurer of the corporation are, the local Secretary of State in that state would have all of that.

It is definitely a treasure trove of information.

"One mans trash is another mans treasure" That being said the same feeling you have when you look at that duplex I have all the time as well.

Either the Treasurer or Recorder should be able to tell you if a parcel owner filed bankruptcy.