@Jerry Maggiore have you looked at tax liens.https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/property-lien-sales.pageI've bought tax forfeited lands here in Mississippi directly from the Secretary of State website.

This has to do with the fact that land trusts are private documents, while most states require LLC membership to be reported on the public record with the Secretary of state.

This has to do with the fact that land trusts are private documents, while most states require LLC membership to be reported on the public record with the Secretary of state.

I will call or one of my staff will call.. we will google earth it.. and say  HEY is that a Mcdonalds on the corner by your office.. ( when i know its a taco bell) once i get by that strange request ( many times its the secretary or escrow assistant ) I make them go grab the file and read off Line 1250 of the hud so on and so forth.. 

Check Secretary of State database for company owner information in cases the property is LLC owned.3. 

Most anyone can fill out the forms and pay the fee to the Secretary of State.

Find the Security deed for this property and its signed by the borrowr if smart its the trustee again, if not it'll be the real owner.Same for property owneed in LLCs the Secretary of State should have a list of officers and the mailing address for the entity/LLC, same step:  skip trace the officers, mail the mailing address, look for the mortgage security deed who signed.In REI there's 100's of ways to make $$ and become the expert...   

Setting an LLC up happens by going to your state's Secretary of State website.

It's a bit of investigative work, because most likely you will find that most or all of these properties of this size will be held by an LLC or a corporation -- from there, you can proceed on trying to find names behind those companies by searching in the Secretary of State filings in the state of which that company was formed.Once you have your list, start calling or mailing.If you don't want to spend the time doing this on your own, there are subscription based services out there that aggregate this data for you, but of course for a price.

A local attorney handled the sale through a bid process, but not like through the Secretary if State.