The following are possible answers with some possible conditions:1.Out of town owner – unfamiliar with current market conditions2.Incompetent to negotiate – power of attorney3.Passed away/executor of estate – quick sale, legal authority4.Real estate broker or organized selling entity – it may be overpriced.5.Bank officer or foreclosure agency personnel dept. – lower your offer6.Sophisticated lease optioning reseller/investor – big bad wolf!

Just locate your local assessors office (most are online now), and you should be able to lookup the owner of properties by their address.

They would be happy with a large garage/workshop plus a secluded den or office to carry on with business or to retreat to the solitude of a “cave.”

A few months ago I got a call from the agent I work with asking me to look at a place that her office had just listed.

The ones that respond are just gravy.The intention is to have the post office tell ME where the [size=18]ABANDONED[/size] houses are, for just .39 cents!!!

Here's a good article from the Wall Street JournalHow to Track Down Foreclosure Propertiesread article :groovy:

This is true they also have the "Officer Next Door" program as well but you need to check with guidelines and such.

& at least a few Managing Sales folks (that'll have Your office HUMMING!...

The other day I was in the attorney's office to begin "Trustee's Sale" action on some deadbeats (for details see my thread "Not Always A Bed Of Roses").

Then puts them in a Database for future tracking and has Drip Mail!