Send a letter to the land trust telling the beneficiaries you are interested in the property.

for my State Farm homeowners/rental dwelling ins to subrogate a claim for the damages not covered ($20,000) and my $2500 deductible.So it sounds like FIRST effort will be to have my attorney send them a polite letter with the costs incurred and a request for their response and reimbursement.Then if no appropriate response. we go to whatever is the next court "bigger than small claims court " with a lawsuit.We just got word from the mediation crewthat huge amounts of mold are in the crawlspace, evidently the days/weeks of thousands of gallons of water went under the house instead of outside and down the driveway.

This law firm sends a letter to the purchaser of that tract, who paid $3400 for it at auction, threatening dire consequences if they don't sell it back to the county for $3400.  

Send a letter in the mail (easy to ignore)...or have an agent contact the owner..Just wondering what everyone's experiences are. 

@Diane Kruse Always hire someone who is an expert in Real Estate, and preferably owns investment property themselves, and someone with some letters behind their name.  

You can also have the realtor look up the owner of record to send a letter to.

So, I've mailed my list (first time doing letters) and have received several calls.

Another thing you should consider is to get any financing you might need is to get approved and get a loan letter.  

If the seller doesn't prove hardship, or the liens are too large to deal with, any of these can kill the deal.It then goes to the mortgage insurance people and the investors.If this all approved, the bank will issue a shortsale approval letter that lays out the terms of the deal.Most buyers walk away from shortsales due to the extremely long wait times and frustrations.

When you get your wood infestation letter, mold is one of the 5 things checked for.