Dress nicely when you visit them and be as professional as possible, that will score you lots of points.Good luck.

For your local county, you can also visit the county recorder's office and research the public records yourself.Hope this helps...

I've got family in Monroe still so I'll be able to visit frequently.

You know you get award here for visiting 30 days in a row.

I have plans to visit a 200 year old multi family in Chatham this weekend, congratulations on your property!

I visited a few of them for research and I was shocked by the living conditions of the properties and the screaming neglect of the owners.3.

I am deducting:-mileage from visits to the property-operating expenses-depreciationThe property is a 3/2 townhome I bought for 160k and rent for 2,200/month.

I would say you should beat the competition by visiting the default tax property to find the owner, knock on door (the house may be vacant - how you really have to work, but it will be worth it), ask if they'd like to sell. 

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I will be visiting this site much more frequently to soak up any bit of knowledge I can get.Thanks again!