Looking for advice or info on finding seller financing motivated sellers.

This is sort of off topic but have you ran that duplex for 200K through the rental property calculator here on biggerpockets?

There are many reasons to use a servicer or payment service, such as an owner moving and leasing a property, while a new payment arrangement is a red flag of sorts it doesn't send up rockets of red flares.

Most people also have some sort of social life, which distracts additional time from working.

Those calls are not truly motivated sellers.  

In the lat example, the lender restricts future encumbrances (financial liens) to manage costs as a ceiling and provides a reasonable avenue for contingency requirements, it's not a small project with the only motivation of restricting the borrower is to take the property back.

I ran across a property that is For Sale By Owner.  Got one of the info papers on it and for the asking price it states to make an offer.  With that said... I called the owner to go over things with him.  Come to find...

Has anyone ever had any success or experience in using public records to find absentee owners, tax delinquent owners who would be more motivated aka financial problems.  

From the photos, I have a hard time believing the renovation work would run more than $50k, but even if it ran much higher, the mortgage would not be an issue for us.I welcome feedback from anyone familiar with this sort of thing, as I do not know whether this is feasible.Thank you.

How about other methods to finding motivated sellers?