If you provide the appraiser with that data, then they protect themselves and everybody is generally happy.

(Sorry James, seemed like a set-up waiting for a punchline.)A serious answer is look at the public records for the owner and then pay a skip trace service to locate a phone number.

Protect your investment, its business!! 

Is there any way to switch from treatment plans to public utilities?

What else can I do to protect myself in case somebody want to play smart with the law?

A new policy has been implemented so my attorney and the bank has made it clear that the next thing before funding can be fully carried out is to have the loan insured in your name, the reason for the loan insurance is to protect you against any future lapses or default from your end to make repayment on time, the loan insurance policy need to be obtained in order to get funds across to you and the fee to have the loan insured is $3000 and the process will be completed before 24 hours.You need to make this payment today so we can finalize the loan later today.I await your response ASAP so we can proceed with the loan transaction.Note: The insurance fee is 100% refunded at the point of funding and you are expected to receive the insurance fee to be added to the loan amount at the point of funding (a total sum of $178,000.00 as against $175,000.00."

If the investor owns a number of properties, look up the details through the public records.

Loss Prevention companies use them to document crimes for easier prosecution, IF they are able to get a good picture of the criminal.Fun Fact, most state audio recording laws were conceived to protect our 1st amendment rights to Free Speech.

The added benefit of this process is that you can also have your attorney sign the public records as "Nominee Trustee" before assigning yourself as the "Trustee" once the Trust has been established.

Check public data like the assessor website.5. check on zillow or Realtor what the houses in the area are selling for.6.