Do I need to send them a letter that I will be keeping the last month rent security deposit since they abandoned the property in the middle of the lease.

Here's my formula: PETIOPropertyEquity TitleInterestsOpportunitiesAfter you've research the value, the liens and the title you can determine if the owner is, in fact deceased, then check with county probate court to see if a probate has been started.There ought to be a place that you can get more info on how to deal with abandoned properties... 

@Bob Burke one lesson that is hard to earn is that a vacant abandoned property isn't always a deal.

The witness will be able to testify that you did not remove anything valuable from the house and that you didn't just record the trash that was left behind instead.I believe as a part of the Protecting Tenants and Foreclosure Act of 2009 that property isn't left behind and automatically considered abandoned, and notify the owners of the personal property (owner's heirs, if any) that they have 90 days to remove it.

If we don't have the key, we post a notice on the door that the home is considered to be abandoned and that we will be changing the locks in 3 days.

Just under two years ago I abandoned Physical Therapy altogether and now invest full time.Some look at that schooling as being wasted but I learned a lot there that carries over.

We're finding abandoned homes and don't have the homeowners name

Unfortunately, there are a few abandoned buildings on the town's main street.

He has 10 abandoned units, which he does not want to mess with fixing them up and selling them, so he is willing to give them to me for FREE, if I agree to REHAB and sell to an end user, so he can get butts in the seats @ $350/month park rent per pad.REHAB at $2,500/unitSELL for $8,500Move-In Down Payment: $1,00036 Month Note @ $250/monthROI: 53.26%/Yr What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

PM and myself read over the TN laws and found an abandonment clause.