I got a name, now, how do I go about contacting them and confirming the ownership and see if they're interested in selling?

You name it.

If i cant do it, i may have a buyer in my 50k name list or our database of a few hundred that buy from us very consistently. 

S/He's probably already got one foot out the door and is just waiting for someone like you to come by and offer to buy it at a reduced rate; because after you pay contractors to bring it up to a good standard you still want to be within the FMV/ARV.For you, though, the biggest thing is vacancy rate and income.Nonetheless, if I were you I'd be happy to pay a wholesaler. 

My name is Shawn, I'm a writer in Los Angeles who's recently gotten the real estate investing bug after watching some associates of mine make a deal.

One of the biggest things that helped me was the podcast episodes that BP offers.

And so on those threads some of the top names in the industry chimed in and called bull crap on his stuff

My name is Will and I'm completely new to real estate investing.

Hello to all my name is Rafael Polo, I hope to learn much from this community. although new to Real Estate investing carrier in time i will be able to dominate much of the knowledge needed to succeed hope to meet great people and make lots of great deals. 

Hello to all my name is Rafael Polo, I hope to learn much from this community. although new to Real Estate investing carrier in time i will be able to dominate much of the knowledge needed to succeed. hope to meet great people and make lots of great deals.