If you’re having trouble locating the individuals who originally owned the property I suggest using Enformion to do a skip trace search for possible heirs and relatives.

I had breakfast with a couple gentlemen the other month and they said they could remember when their interest was in the teens.

Skip trace the remaining ones and start building relationships.Maybe one of them is a tired landlord and you can land an off-market deal.Hope this helps! 

Hi Mark,The bus tours, REIA Rico meetings and breakfast club meetings as well as the Whatsapp groups are great ways to connect when you are visiting and help make some of the connections you are looking for.

We found that if we asked for around $80K-$100K, all income proof was necessary, but for less than $80K, credit-reported income was good enough, skipping the bank statements and contracts for other self-employment or small business income.Some use “desktop” market value estimations and some require an appraisal, but all of them give you the option for a fresh appraisal if you would like one.Unsurprisingly, all of the credit unions will try to get you to open an account and upsell you on other financial products throughout the process.

If not, find the property card and skip trace the owner. 

I skipped this route and chased investors doing the 100 unit deals.

Do not skip in-person inspections!

My advice would be to skip the refi and apply for one of the HELOCs below.

So I got my driving dollars list from my skip tracing guy.