Looking for some tips--especially from those of you who have been wholesaling a while: I'm trying to track down the owner of a vacant house.

So I talked to the HVAC people (a/c units both at 100% now) & met with PM office yesterday.

Sundays are actual days of rest here and most shops, offices, and establishments are closed.

I specialize in PMI stuff, apparently, since I make the lists that get PMI sales reps' attention and they randomly show up to my office with PMI-company branded fidget spinners and golf balls (I don't golf...).

@James Wise  Per your request.Coming out of the late 1800s most of the major west coast cities that we know and love like LA  SF  PDX SEATAC were all subdivided by the same engineering firms  at least SF and Portlandia were.. this led to land speculators in the day going out into the Western deserts and other remote areas.. buying what were large land holdings , Spanish land grants and other lands that were not govmit owned.. then in the day you could simply create massive subdivisions buy doing basic surveys off of the base and meridian lines.. which all of the west is surveyed off of... this is called section land.then create these massive tracks of lots.. some were like up in the apple valley, Lancaster,  Barstow type areas mainly 5 acre tracts.. and were done on a grid pattern.. streets in ( mapped but not built)  and of course spiraled out of a small little town off the railroad track or the few roads that existed in those days.. you took your map and recorded it at the county, county was happy they just got 5 thousand lots they could send out tax bills on..

If they don't know, ask how the government keeps track of who owns which parcel of property.

Anyone else being targeted by the Pinellas County tax office over this 6% tourist development tax which is on top of the 7% sales tax?

Pick a few neighborhoods within those areas and start tracking as much data as you can. 

I am an active duty army officer that has lived in many states.

You’re on the right track already, taking steps forward even when it’s scary.