Ironically, a few days later I got a letter from a bank where I have an account saying that I "pre-qualify" for a loan.

Most HML won't even grant you a loan without a prequalification letter for conventional lending or portfolio lending if you are seeking to keep the property long term.  

I'm hand writing yellow letters.  

@Wes Blackwell, the digital mayor of Sacramento!

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.