@Barbara Gardner you can look for the owners a myriad of ways, it may now belong to the state, heirs/devisees or a trust.

Also great speakers today were Robert Herjavec, Barbara Corcoran , and former president George Bush! 

I think you live where you want if you can afford it.I am Southern Cal biased so from me it would be Santa Barbara beach area, Encinitas beach area, or Poway (where I live). 

Thought this was a good read from CRAIN'S A Glenview lawyer sued Zillow, alleging that the real estate site's relatively modest estimate of her home's value has created a "roadblock" to selling at what she thinks it's worth.Zillow's estimate, known by the trade name "Zestimate," is "effectively a sloppy computer-driven appraisal" of the value of her home, Barbara Andersen says in a complaint suit she filed late last week in Cook County Circuit Court.

I live in Orcutt, CA which is located about an hour north of Santa Barbara, CA.  

House: 5bd/2bath, 1830 sqft, Santa Barbara County, not sure if 5th room is permitted.Seller asking price: $375,000 but, seller thinks in 3 years house will be $400K.  

The house is located between LA and Santa Barbara and is an easy drive to either of those "destination" cities.  

Most mortgage brokers dont do HELOC's on non owner's but we can do cash out refinances with fixed loans on non owner properties and HELOC's on primary and second homes.Try these: Wells will go to 60% on a non owner penfed.org will go to 3 financed properties and up to 80% on a non owner HELOC at resonable rate too probably 1.99 + prime check them outunify financial credit union I think they are out of Los AngelesMalaga Bank out of LA I know only lends in coastal areas of ventura, santa barbara, orange, los angeles and SD I believe but they do 75% LTV HELOC's non owner - commercial HELOCOther places to go would be a local bank like farmers and merchants (F&M) or community banks and small credit unions will typically do these non owner HELOC's.

It's currently being managed by a CPA who I still have to speak directly to.So as his soon to be leasing agent, I'll have to find new tenants for his building which is located in a small town in Santa Barbara county, CA with about 7000 people and about 12 miles from any other larger city.

Hello Scott,I'm Barbara, and I'm in the Austin area as well.